Moldova - Food exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in Moldova was 55.59 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 77.47 in 1996 and a minimum value of 52.98 in 2020.

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 66.82
1995 71.70
1996 77.47
1997 66.63
1998 75.38
1999 67.97
2000 61.58
2001 63.14
2002 63.66
2003 59.18
2004 52.99
2005 71.30
2006 62.88
2007 57.37
2008 58.95
2009 74.17
2010 71.94
2011 69.88
2012 58.27
2013 57.58
2014 64.07
2015 62.67
2016 64.92
2017 63.84
2018 57.50
2019 56.10
2020 52.98
2021 55.59

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