Palau - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Palau was 24.07 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.98 in 2008 and a minimum value of 17.18 in 2016.

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
2007 30.57
2008 36.98
2009 23.33
2010 28.78
2011 35.48
2012 35.87
2013 33.03
2014 29.20
2015 18.39
2016 17.18
2017 19.67
2018 24.07

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