Food exports (% of merchandise exports) in the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2012 — 15.94%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 170. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 27.1 pp.
1999–2012 · % of merchandise exports
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Turks and Caicos Islands
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 15.94 | +1.08 pp |
| 2011 | 14.86 | — |
| 2009 | 21.22 | +2.44 pp |
| 2008 | 18.78 | −16.76 pp |
| 2007 | 35.54 | −2.95 pp |
| 2006 | 38.49 | −8.68 pp |
| 2005 | 47.17 | +13.91 pp |
| 2004 | 33.26 | +4.6 pp |
| 2003 | 28.66 | −22.1 pp |
| 2002 | 50.76 | −6.33 pp |
| 2001 | 57.09 | +36.88 pp |
| 2000 | 20.21 | −22.83 pp |
| 1999 | 43.04 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of food in merchandise exports: grain, meat, dairy products, fish, fruit, beverages, oils. Unlike dependence on fuel and metals, a food specialization is not considered a vulnerability of the same kind — demand for food grows with population and is not subject to technological substitution. The largest shares come not from the biggest producers but from small countries with a single export crop: coffee, cocoa, bananas.
Important: It includes beverages and vegetable oils but not agricultural raw materials such as cotton, rubber and hides — those have a separate indicator.
Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
What part of merchandise exports is cotton, rubber, timber, hides and other non-food raw materials.
Trade Food imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on food — a measure of food dependence.
Economy Agriculture value addedHow much agriculture, forestry and fishing create in money terms.
