Tonga - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Tonga was 21.30 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.01 in 2008 and a minimum value of 5.76 in 1975.

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
1975 5.76
1976 11.17
1977 10.20
1978 10.36
1979 10.06
1980 14.30
1981 16.41
1982 13.91
1983 15.91
1984 13.98
1985 12.91
1986 12.31
1987 10.15
2000 15.81
2001 13.86
2002 11.28
2003 17.37
2004 18.20
2005 21.68
2006 25.88
2007 24.80
2008 26.01
2009 20.37
2010 22.77
2011 23.54
2012 23.72
2013 22.22
2014 21.30

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