Suriname - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Suriname was 11.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24.67 in 1974 and a minimum value of 0.65 in 2018.

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 9.75
1965 6.90
1973 13.44
1974 24.67
1994 14.63
1995 11.78
1996 13.57
1997 14.73
1998 11.34
1999 9.39
2000 6.71
2001 17.17
2002 14.37
2003 14.68
2004 13.92
2005 17.16
2006 19.07
2007 15.95
2008 15.56
2009 15.61
2010 18.90
2011 23.38
2012 15.51
2013 21.72
2014 21.00
2015 12.29
2016 15.27
2017 0.66
2018 0.65
2019 11.10

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