Comoros - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Comoros was 44.26 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 48.53 in 1995 and a minimum value of 19.46 in 1999.

Definition: Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).

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

See also:

Year Value
1962 38.20
1995 48.53
1996 42.63
1997 46.27
1998 44.16
1999 19.46
2000 43.37
2001 38.51
2002 40.20
2003 38.04
2004 43.90
2005 34.18
2006 28.21
2007 19.51
2008 48.03
2009 39.09
2010 38.05
2011 40.84
2012 41.95
2013 36.12
2014 41.52
2015 44.89
2016 41.49
2017 40.39
2018 38.32
2019 42.86
2020 44.26

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