Dominica - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Dominica was 13.74 as of 2012. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 84.90 in 1977 and a minimum value of 13.74 in 2012.

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
1977 84.90
1978 81.67
1979 71.08
1980 45.59
1981 56.61
1983 58.91
1985 64.43
1986 75.19
1987 77.22
1993 67.13
1994 58.78
1995 51.63
1996 48.75
1997 50.06
1999 43.90
2000 39.41
2001 37.66
2002 42.05
2003 35.79
2004 38.32
2005 35.83
2006 35.15
2007 35.20
2008 40.51
2009 50.79
2010 27.13
2012 13.74

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