Haiti - Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Manufactures exports (% of merchandise exports) in Haiti was 83.99 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.28 in 1990 and a minimum value of 23.68 in 1970.

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
1970 23.68
1971 25.68
1972 27.35
1973 28.17
1974 34.96
1975 37.89
1976 35.48
1977 32.63
1978 36.78
1979 47.95
1981 68.26
1988 73.16
1989 69.31
1990 85.28
1991 84.14
1992 82.64
1993 84.46
1994 75.02
1995 62.16
1996 76.68
1997 83.99

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