Vanuatu - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Vanuatu was 18.22 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 18.22 in 2011 and a minimum value of 5.63 in 1972.

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
1970 6.06
1971 6.31
1972 5.63
1973 6.07
1974 8.64
1975 10.10
1980 15.81
1981 13.31
1982 13.98
1983 11.03
1984 13.48
1993 9.26
2000 15.03
2006 11.89
2007 18.10
2009 12.83
2010 13.49
2011 18.22

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