Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source
Latin America & Caribbean | Food imports (% of merchandise imports)
1960
1961
1962 10.71002925
1963 11.55428057
1964 12.04556167
1965 10.81824985
1966 10.45882844
1967 10.21328022
1968 9.52741172
1969 9.01577804
1970 9.74574779
1971 9.20688901
1972 10.00536582
1973 12.44631853
1974 14.04953041
1975 11.26998875
1976 9.84292017
1977 11.05903913
1978 11.30538697
1979 10.80785704
1980 13.36794988
1981 11.73571553
1982 10.94208336
1983 15.39890888
1984 13.24391652
1985 11.08142078
1986 10.63674223
1987 9.8105377
1988
1989
1990
1991 10.26325474
1992 9.44058583
1993 9.02203032
1994 9.69882947
1995 8.74215935
1996 9.84670878
1997 8.45347136
1998 8.6931002
1999 8.3748257
2000 7.48519887
2001 7.9600575
2002 8.37399055
2003 8.6884044
2004 7.86641923
2005 7.05770611
2006 6.47448901
2007 7.05713731
2008 7.62498849
2009 8.26408081
2010 7.53567979
2011 7.68496462
2012 7.42817412
2013 7.61095935
2014 7.41835673
2015 7.4996152
2016 8.52666399
2017 8.23811029
2018 8.00385793
2019 8.00465683
2020 9.58760664
2021 8.87428934
2022 8.4251163
Latin America & Caribbean | 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
Records
63
Source