China - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in China was 13.86 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.68 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.41 in 1985.

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
1984 0.51
1985 0.41
1986 1.19
1987 1.22
1992 4.43
1993 5.60
1994 3.49
1995 3.88
1996 4.95
1997 7.24
1998 4.83
1999 5.38
2000 9.47
2001 7.44
2002 6.88
2003 7.53
2004 9.18
2005 10.57
2006 12.39
2007 12.08
2008 16.27
2009 13.48
2010 14.66
2011 17.01
2012 18.68
2013 17.58
2014 17.46
2015 12.93
2016 12.09
2017 14.59
2018 17.49
2019 17.72
2020 13.86

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