Dominica - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Dominica was 24.93 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35.07 in 1977 and a minimum value of 19.42 in 2005.

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.

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Year Value
1977 35.07
1978 34.73
1979 32.67
1980 27.34
1981 31.03
1983 29.12
1985 26.36
1986 27.79
1987 26.84
1993 27.25
1994 27.97
1995 26.22
1996 27.80
1997 26.31
1999 23.42
2000 21.04
2001 22.53
2002 24.24
2003 23.67
2004 21.82
2005 19.42
2006 20.83
2007 21.02
2008 21.89
2009 22.07
2010 22.48
2012 24.93

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