.png "Philippines Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports)")
| Data: | Ores and metals imports (% of merchandise imports) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | TM.VAL.MMTL.ZS.UN | ||||||||
| Topic: | Private Sector & Trade: Imports | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||
| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | Merchandise import shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade. | ||||||||
| Original Source: | World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3. | ||||||||
| Development relevance: | 0 | ||||||||
