Virgin Islands - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Virgin Islands was 0.232 as of 1978. As the graph below shows, over the past 8 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.515 in 1971 and a minimum value of 0.088 in 1970.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the 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
1970 0.088
1971 0.515
1972 0.091
1973 0.243
1977 0.246
1978 0.232

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