Financial systems and development

Table 15. Structure of merchandise imports
Percentage share ofmerchandise imports
Other
Machinery
primary and transport Other
Food Fuels commodities equipment manufactures
1965 1987 1965 1987 1965 1987 1965 1987 1965 1987
Low-incoineeconomies 22 w 7 w 5 w 9 w 10 w 7 w 28 w 34 w 34 w 43 w
China and India 28 w 5 w 3 w 5 w 19 w 10 w 26 w 34 w 24 w 47 w
Other low-income 17 w 9 w 7 w 14 w 4 w 4 w 29 w 33 w 42 w 39 w
I Ethiopia 6 4 6 18 6 3 37 37 44 38
2 Bhutan
3 Chad 13 .. 19 .. 3 .. 23 .. 42
4 Zaire 18 13 7 3 5 5 33 37 37 42
5 Bangladesh .. 16 . 9 . 6 . 28 .. 42
6 Malawi 15 5 5 9 3 3 21 33 57 49
7 Nepal 22 6 5 8 14 7 37 22 22 57
8 Lao PDR 27 .. 15 .. 6 .. 18 .. 33
9 Mozambique 17 8 7 24 45
10 Tanzania 10 6 9 17 2 2 34 44 45 31
11 Burkina Faso 23 16 4 3 14 5 19 34 40 42
12 Madagascar 19 9 5 29 2 2 25 30 48 30
13 Mali 20 12 6 16 5 2 23 44 47 27
14 Burundi 16 12 6 5 9 5 15 23 55 55
15 Zambia 9 7 10 12 3 1 33 39 45 41
16 Niger 12 18 6 6 6 11 21 31 55 33
17 Uganda 7 5 1 9 3 2 38 46 51 38
18 China* 36 3 0 2 25 11 12 39 27 46
19 Somalia 31 13 5 3 8 6 24 47 33 32
20 Togo 15 20 3 6 5 6 31 28 45 40
21 India 22 8 5 11 14 8 37 24 22 48
22 Rwanda 12 12 7 15 5 7 28 30 50 35
23 Sierra Leone 17 17 9 9 3 4 30 20 41 49
24 Benin 18 11 6 34 7 2 17 16 53 37
25 Central African Rep. 13 13 7 1 2 4 29 39 49 43
26 Kenya 10 9 11 21 3 4 34 34 42 33
27 Sudan 23 17 5 22 4 3 21 26 47 32
28 Pakistan 20 16 3 19 5 7 38 31 34 27
29 Haiti 25 27 6 11 6 5 14 19 48 38
30 Lesothoa
31Nigeria 9 8 6 3 3 3 34 36 48 50
32 Ghana 12 6 4 17 3 3 33 36 48 37
33 Sri Lanka 41 17 8 17 4 3 12 27 34 37
34 Yemen, PDR 19 16 40 36 5 2 10 24 26 22
35 Mauritania 9 26 4 10 1 2 56 35 30 27
36 Indonesia 6 3 3 16 2 3 39 39 50 39
37 Liberia 16 19 8 21 3 3 34 29 39 29
38 Afghanistan 17 .. 4 .. I .. 8 .. 69 ..
39 Burma 15 5 4 2 5 2 18 43 58 48
40 Guinea
41 Kampuchea Dem. 6 7 2 26 58
42 Viet Nam ..
Middle-income economies 15 w 10w 8 w 12 w 11 w 10 w 31 w 35 w 36 w 35 w
Lower-middle-income 15 w lOw 7 w 10 w 9 w 7w 33 w 35 w 36 w 38 w
43 Senegal 36 32 6 16 4 2 15 16 38 33
44 Bolivia 19 15 1 2 3 3 35 45 42 36
45 Zimbabwe 13 10 8 8 3 3 31 36 46 43
46 Philippines 20 8 10 17 7 7 33 28 30 40
47 Yemen Arab Rep. 40 27 6 0 6 2 26 32 21 39
48 Morocco 36 14 5 18 10 15 18 24 31 28
49 Egypt, Arab Rep. 26 24 7 2 12 7 23 28 31 39
50 PapuaNewGuinea 23 20 5 10 3 1 25 34 45 35
51 Dominican Rep. 23 13 10 15 4 5 24 27 40 40
52 C6te d'lvoire 18 19 6 15 3 4 28 28 46 35
53 Honduras 11 5 6 14 1 1 26 31 56 48
54 Nicaragua 12 15 5 11 2 2 30 20 51 53
55 Thailand 6 5 9 13 6 9 31 32 49 40
56 El Salvador 15 12 5 8 4 4 28 20 48 56
57 Congo, Peoples Rep. 15 16 6 7 1 3 34 27 44 46
58 Jamaica 20 16 9 17 5 4 23 20 43 43
59 Guatemala 11 6 7 12 2 4 29 28 50 51
60 Cameroon I1 13 5 1 4 3 28 36 51 46
61 Paraguay 24 14 14 8 4 8 31 41 28 29
62 Ecuador 10 5 9 3 4 3 33 52 44 38
63 Botswanaa .. .. . ..
64 Tunisia 16 11 6 11 7 12 31 22 41 44
65 Turkey 6 4 10 22 10 13 37 29 37 32
66 Colombia 8 8 1 3 10 8 45 39 35 43
67 Chile 20 12 6 10 10 4 35 39 30 36
* Data forTaiwan, China are: 13 7 5 9 25 17 29 33 29 34
Note: For data comparability and coverage, see the technical notes. Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.
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