Syrian Arab Republic - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Syrian Arab Republic was 21.02 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 27.35 in 2009 and a minimum value of 2.76 in 1985.

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
1974 5.96
1975 5.25
1976 6.27
1977 5.83
1978 7.25
1979 4.77
1980 4.31
1981 3.29
1982 7.68
1983 4.66
1984 5.92
1985 2.76
1986 6.95
1987 4.01
2000 8.64
2001 6.23
2002 13.05
2003 14.02
2004 14.69
2005 13.39
2006 17.39
2007 20.80
2008 21.96
2009 27.35
2010 21.02

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 export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports