The Bahamas - Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) in The Bahamas was 0.732 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.810 in 2012 and a minimum value of 0.026 in 1981.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

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 0.336
1975 0.094
1976 0.078
1980 0.065
1981 0.026
1982 0.061
1983 0.058
1984 0.089
1985 0.094
1986 0.122
1987 0.252
1997 0.613
1998 0.703
1999 0.596
2000 0.590
2001 0.552
2002 0.674
2003 0.520
2004 0.547
2005 0.582
2006 0.638
2007 0.650
2008 0.786
2009 0.799
2010 0.608
2011 0.502
2012 0.810
2013 0.590
2014 0.562
2015 0.749
2016 0.719
2017 0.678
2018 0.732

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