Comoros - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Comoros was 65.39 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.48 in 2003 and a minimum value of 13.78 in 2007.

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 44.21
1995 76.39
1996 63.89
1997 61.52
1998 62.33
1999 88.99
2000 88.48
2001 95.98
2002 97.21
2003 97.48
2004 96.26
2005 86.88
2006 86.25
2007 13.78
2008 68.44
2009 73.37
2010 65.98
2011 77.97
2012 84.68
2013 71.97
2014 62.62
2015 72.33
2016 84.98
2017 79.58
2018 63.81
2019 43.53
2020 65.39

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