Lebanon - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Lebanon was 28.42 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.96 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 2017.

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
1967 6.18
1968 6.10
1969 5.99
1970 5.92
1971 5.66
1972 5.51
1973 4.79
1977 7.63
1997 8.18
1998 6.74
1999 8.94
2000 16.52
2001 17.74
2002 14.38
2003 15.63
2004 21.11
2005 23.06
2006 24.99
2007 22.14
2008 25.27
2009 19.91
2010 20.45
2011 22.17
2012 27.87
2013 23.55
2014 23.17
2015 20.70
2016 19.67
2017 3.00
2018 20.37
2019 33.96
2020 28.42

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