Oman - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Oman was 14.83 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.52 in 1999 and a minimum value of 5.77 in 2003.

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
1975 13.29
1976 14.36
1977 15.37
1978 17.44
1979 17.43
1980 15.21
1981 13.50
1982 12.67
1983 14.69
1984 15.03
1985 13.46
1986 16.29
1987 21.29
1988 19.51
1989 19.59
1990 18.12
1991 18.40
1992 19.08
1993 18.32
1994 20.07
1995 19.78
1996 17.57
1997 16.12
1998 16.43
1999 22.52
2000 20.52
2001 22.25
2002 20.94
2003 5.77
2004 13.33
2005 11.81
2006 10.58
2007 9.74
2008 10.88
2009 10.94
2010 12.11
2011 11.08
2012 10.36
2013 9.20
2014 12.33
2015 12.25
2016 15.64
2017 13.62
2018 14.83

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