Moldova - Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Food imports (% of merchandise imports) in Moldova was 13.40 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 15.19 in 2009 and a minimum value of 5.92 in 1999.

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.

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Year Value
1994 6.46
1995 8.08
1996 11.46
1997 15.00
1998 7.82
1999 5.92
2000 13.08
2001 14.33
2002 13.30
2003 13.54
2004 11.58
2005 11.54
2006 11.17
2007 12.13
2008 12.40
2009 15.19
2010 14.86
2011 12.77
2012 13.77
2013 13.72
2014 12.92
2015 14.04
2016 14.52
2017 13.98
2018 12.69
2019 13.33
2020 14.95
2021 13.40

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