Pacific island small states - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Pacific island small states was 19.68 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.92 in 1974 and a minimum value of 18.46 in 2006.

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
1970 24.37
1971 23.94
1972 23.99
1973 25.44
1974 25.92
1975 23.57
1976 24.50
1977 24.48
1978 24.75
1979 21.17
1980 20.03
1981 19.04
1982 19.93
1983 20.43
1984 21.35
1985 20.54
1986 19.75
1987 21.29
2002 22.62
2003 21.07
2004 20.44
2005 19.36
2006 18.46
2007 19.29
2008 20.39
2009 24.65
2010 22.21
2011 23.38
2012 22.94
2013 19.86
2014 20.64
2015 20.90
2016 21.19
2017 21.33
2018 19.68

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