Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Ores and metals imports as a share of merchandise imports (%)

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Namibia0.91.02.43.67.29.06.38.78.213.418.79.213.29.79.06.09.9
India9.98.14.64.84.85.55.05.85.96.55.35.65.95.25.25.56.06.06.9
Trinidad and Tobago0.62.04.34.95.34.03.34.23.63.35.34.57.06.710.48.14.85.9
Malaysia5.83.53.03.75.25.75.06.05.75.75.05.15.56.26.46.25.45.45.0
Pakistan2.93.62.13.32.92.82.62.93.33.93.73.94.04.34.94.34.03.73.8
Canada3.83.12.62.83.03.42.92.72.82.92.82.93.12.83.54.13.83.33.3
United Kingdom11.33.82.72.44.04.34.03.53.02.62.42.92.83.03.75.03.22.92.7
South Africa2.72.62.32.42.32.22.22.72.72.72.82.62.72.92.62.32.5
New Zealand7.24.23.12.32.72.62.32.01.92.01.81.82.01.81.82.02.21.71.8
Guyana0.60.40.70.70.60.60.50.50.70.90.91.50.71.10.60.91.61.6
Sri Lanka1.41.51.13.51.81.41.41.51.41.41.51.51.41.61.81.51.41.6
Australia2.31.41.11.11.72.01.51.41.61.61.61.41.51.31.61.81.61.41.3
Mauritius1.10.81.11.01.11.11.21.11.01.00.90.91.01.11.31.51.41.01.0
Grenada0.80.60.90.70.60.50.70.80.70.90.91.11.11.21.21.21.0
Antigua and Barbuda0.80.30.70.70.50.60.60.60.70.41.01.20.91.21.11.11.0
Cyprus1.21.61.21.10.80.80.80.60.50.50.40.60.60.70.71.01.00.70.7
Barbados0.71.01.01.20.80.70.70.70.90.70.70.90.60.90.70.70.60.7
Malta1.11.70.70.70.70.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.50.60.90.80.80.90.7
Belize0.50.50.40.40.50.40.60.60.60.60.50.60.50.50.60.50.6
Brunei Darussalam3.41.61.61.61.41.21.61.51.71.20.60.40.80.80.3
Papua New Guinea0.90.50.41.40.81.3
Samoa0.10.50.70.90.70.90.60.60.50.60.91.00.60.50.5
Singapore1.62.11.61.61.51.81.51.51.71.61.61.41.11.11.21.31.21.3
Solomon Islands0.51.30.50.60.40.30.60.20.40.30.3
Vanuatu2.71.50.60.5
Jamaica0.60.80.50.40.30.40.40.40.40.30.40.30.40.40.30.3
Cameroon2.04.43.63.42.02.71.51.61.82.32.12.22.81.71.51.6
Ghana1.62.91.91.21.21.11.10.71.01.41.41.71.51.21.11.1
Malawi1.11.50.70.81.02.81.01.11.01.01.00.90.90.81.00.90.61.0
Nigeria2.22.41.11.22.11.81.91.81.43.31.21.11.21.21.00.9
Zambia1.23.03.221.017.414.616.620.67.010.713.915.65.13.95.79.65.7
Seychelles0.80.40.60.30.61.70.40.50.30.20.50.50.20.20.30.6
Sierra Leone0.80.50.61.31.11.0
Gambia, The0.50.81.01.30.81.00.80.68.70.617.91.81.11.61.31.20.5
Kiribati0.20.70.30.50.80.82.94.13.10.91.40.80.4
Tonga0.20.40.50.90.50.60.4
Dominica0.30.50.40.60.40.30.40.50.80.60.50.40.5
Kenya2.11.51.51.51.31.41.41.31.21.21.41.11.21.4
St. Lucia0.80.90.70.80.80.40.50.80.60.60.60.60.7
St. Vincent and the Grenadines0.70.60.70.60.50.50.51.31.40.70.60.60.70.50.70.6
Bahamas, The0.60.60.60.50.80.60.60.70.70.70.70.90.70.70.70.6
Bangladesh3.12.42.92.01.92.22.22.7
Tanzania1.30.91.00.80.90.91.10.71.11.01.11.41.61.31.21.4
Uganda1.91.11.31.11.11.11.51.61.81.71.51.41.71.61.81.6
Tuvalu0.2
St. Kitts and Nevis0.70.81.11.00.80.71.01.31.00.8
Mozambique0.80.50.511.19.45.36.76.52.89.17.11.72.01.20.41.2
Rwanda2.90.91.00.70.81.10.91.11.31.41.31.11.41.3
Botswana2.22.92.20.80.71.20.53.31.81.60.70.70.60.70.90.7
Lesotho2.30.80.60.60.60.60.30.30.30.30.30.50.40.40.4
Eswatini0.80.70.60.60.80.60.90.90.80.70.70.91.10.90.90.8