Syrian Arab Republic - Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)

The value for Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports) in Syrian Arab Republic was 19.65 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.65 in 1982 and a minimum value of 1.93 in 2005.

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
1974 6.04
1975 6.51
1976 9.81
1977 16.75
1978 13.27
1979 24.75
1980 25.93
1981 34.62
1982 37.65
1983 30.17
1984 34.31
1985 29.30
1986 18.28
1987 19.84
2000 3.74
2001 4.57
2002 3.04
2003 3.64
2004 7.33
2005 1.93
2006 27.09
2007 32.64
2008 31.44
2009 12.82
2010 19.65

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