France - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in France was 6.89 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.83 in 1981 and a minimum value of 5.84 in 1998.

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
1962 15.42
1963 16.54
1964 15.14
1965 15.48
1966 13.55
1967 14.51
1968 13.66
1969 11.40
1970 12.11
1971 13.88
1972 13.23
1973 12.36
1974 22.89
1975 22.87
1976 22.45
1977 21.47
1978 19.47
1979 21.51
1980 26.60
1981 28.83
1982 26.70
1983 24.46
1984 24.04
1985 22.26
1986 12.63
1987 10.75
1988 8.23
1989 8.85
1990 9.58
1991 9.68
1992 8.61
1993 8.89
1994 7.67
1995 6.78
1996 8.28
1997 8.18
1998 5.84
1999 6.58
2000 10.00
2001 9.60
2002 9.27
2003 9.71
2004 10.91
2005 13.53
2006 14.89
2007 13.52
2008 17.05
2009 13.46
2010 13.96
2011 16.26
2012 17.44
2013 16.61
2014 14.71
2015 10.67
2016 8.40
2017 9.82
2018 11.29
2019 10.34
2020 6.89

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