Belgium - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Belgium was 8.04 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.78 in 1982 and a minimum value of 5.72 in 1999.

Definition: Fuels comprise the commodities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

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Year Value
1962 9.87
1963 10.91
1964 9.82
1965 9.19
1966 7.81
1967 8.58
1968 9.52
1969 8.94
1970 9.11
1971 9.51
1972 10.05
1973 8.67
1974 14.33
1975 14.32
1976 14.17
1977 14.04
1978 12.40
1979 14.21
1980 17.36
1981 20.39
1982 20.78
1983 17.61
1984 18.71
1985 16.66
1986 10.63
1987 9.31
1999 5.72
2000 8.88
2001 8.63
2002 7.90
2003 8.72
2004 9.61
2005 12.32
2006 13.55
2007 11.64
2008 15.37
2009 12.31
2010 16.54
2011 19.07
2012 20.47
2013 20.30
2014 17.78
2015 14.01
2016 10.30
2017 11.99
2018 14.14
2019 11.72
2020 8.04

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports