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Lesotho: Ores and metals imports

0.48percent · 2024-18.1% since 2014

Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC (Rev. 3) sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals). Imports of services are services provided by non-residents to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of merchandise imports which is comprised of goods whose economic ownership is changed between a non-resident and a resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. Annual figures for Lesotho from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.479
20230.437
20220.418
20210.413
20200.453
20190.301
20180.314
20170.292
20160.325
20150.303
20140.585
20130.605
20120.596
20110.567
20100.779
20090.74
20080.697
20070.449
20040.394
20030.838
20020.734
20010.731
20002.31

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Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Integrated Trade Solution, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Ores and metals imports. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-ores-and-metals-imports (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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