Caribbean small states - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Caribbean small states was 33.36 as of 2015. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.23 in 1995 and a minimum value of 9.97 in 1974.

Definition: Manufactures comprise commodities in SITC sections 5 (chemicals), 6 (basic manufactures), 7 (machinery and transport equipment), and 8 (miscellaneous manufactured goods), excluding division 68 (non-ferrous metals).

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

See also:

Year Value
1968 12.68
1969 13.67
1970 12.42
1971 13.25
1972 15.70
1973 12.92
1974 9.97
1975 11.26
1976 13.08
1977 13.32
1978 15.48
1979 12.53
1980 12.96
1981 15.79
1982 17.28
1983 20.11
1984 22.05
1985 23.69
1986 29.13
1987 28.16
1991 26.42
1992 28.09
1993 33.08
1994 35.93
1995 36.23
1996 32.53
1997 31.97
1998 34.02
1999 30.77
2000 24.91
2001 32.91
2002 26.41
2003 23.11
2004 29.12
2005 23.12
2006 19.59
2007 24.22
2008 21.70
2009 16.43
2010 26.02
2011 29.95
2012 32.42
2013 27.93
2014 29.43
2015 33.36

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports