Tonga - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Tonga was 354.55 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 354.55 in 2014 and a minimum value of 45.58 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.

See also:

Year Value
1975 95.89
1976 92.21
1977 97.75
1978 97.24
1979 96.79
1980 93.09
1981 88.20
1982 82.72
1983 79.96
1984 90.43
1985 86.32
1986 84.65
1987 79.94
2000 49.87
2001 71.76
2002 55.25
2003 65.12
2004 46.90
2005 56.45
2006 45.58
2007 47.00
2008 67.28
2009 85.95
2010 88.58
2011 64.18
2012 75.96
2013 80.64
2014 354.55

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