Lao PDR | Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

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). 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source
Lao PDR | Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
year value
1960
1961
1962 37.12738737
1963 30.45103862
1964 30.94413572
1965 31.99624764
1966 40.88655174
1967 38.09538478
1968 38.49325389
1969 31.35465758
1970 23.85135973
1971 25.35229762
1972 33.84872308
1973 33.2268459
1974 31.66700143
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 11.3499647
2011 7.13086008
2012 6.17845266
2013 4.16644645
2014 4.16563279
2015 5.26202693
2016 13.25361369
2017 12.07839007
2018 12.38176972
2019 15.6827344
2020 19.1307469
2021 16.13489021
2022

Lao PDR | Food imports (% of merchandise imports)

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). 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.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Records
63
Source