India - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in India was 29.87 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 44.63 in 1980 and a minimum value of 3.71 in 1967.

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
1962 8.47
1963 9.15
1964 6.94
1965 5.04
1966 3.85
1967 3.71
1968 4.32
1969 4.07
1970 7.71
1971 10.18
1972 11.94
1973 13.87
1974 27.98
1975 4.39
1976 25.71
1977 25.54
1978 26.10
1979 33.17
1980 44.63
1981 43.63
1983 30.68
1984 31.82
1985 26.49
1986 15.06
1987 19.13
1988 17.03
1989 19.53
1990 27.29
1991 29.92
1992 29.51
1993 27.14
1994 23.80
1995 23.67
1996 29.30
1997 24.27
1998 18.96
1999 28.85
2000 36.53
2001 31.12
2002 31.18
2003 30.08
2004 31.48
2005 32.88
2006 34.47
2007 33.49
2008 36.69
2009 31.02
2010 31.66
2011 34.03
2012 37.97
2013 39.52
2014 38.51
2015 26.78
2016 25.04
2017 27.72
2018 33.19
2019 31.88
2020 28.36
2021 29.87

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