Tuvalu - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Tuvalu was 16.76 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20.96 in 2005 and a minimum value of 1.53 in 2001.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1977 5.33
1978 10.99
1979 7.89
1980 12.94
1981 16.24
1982 16.77
1985 12.46
1997 10.77
1998 11.41
1999 9.21
2001 1.53
2002 11.06
2004 14.36
2005 20.96
2006 19.44
2008 16.76

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