Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
1960
1961
1962 9.70450746
1963 10.64280487
1964 11.22059961
1965 10.05809408
1966 9.78823177
1967 9.60101052
1968 8.79270488
1969 8.24961636
1970 9.26316099
1971 8.38343289
1972 8.96627037
1973 11.44205395
1974 13.02138926
1975 10.81802901
1976 8.70781597
1977 10.98081675
1978 10.9644099
1979 10.59766018
1980 13.39992718
1981 11.64168062
1982 10.54186225
1983 15.24839854
1984 13.14889217
1985 11.11515939
1986 10.98405625
1987 9.98334652
1988
1989 13.97191502
1990 12.79705436
1991 10.60431742
1992 9.55572012
1993 9.07456052
1994 9.61696335
1995 8.50458384
1996 9.71429869
1997 8.328238
1998 8.47601653
1999 7.96816551
2000 7.07599694
2001 7.62505451
2002 7.95619438
2003 8.15722686
2004 7.42411047
2005 6.79803352
2006 6.47219618
2007 6.93985966
2008 7.22822248
2009 7.85348073
2010 7.0518627
2011 7.2595589
2012 6.96985437
2013 7.00666512
2014 7.14227361
2015 7.09550092
2016 8.18166072
2017 7.82867771
2018 7.60808207
2019 7.53154685
2020 8.95306794
2021 8.21242908
2022 7.74044532
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | 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
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Records
63
Source