Mozambique: Binding coverage, manufactured products (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2021, Mozambique's binding coverage, manufactured products (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 1.53% to 1.53%).

Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was −0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly fall was 0.66 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, Mozambique had the 12th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Mozambique in the 2021 ranking

• Sri Lanka — 9th of 12: 29.13%
• Malawi — 10th of 12: 21.76%
• Zimbabwe — 11th of 12: 8.49%

What this measures

Binding coverage is the percentage of product lines with an agreed bound rate. Bound rates result from trade negotiations incorporated into a country's schedule of concessions and are thus enforceable. Manufactured products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 5-8 excluding division 68.

All 17 values

Binding coverage, manufactured products (%) in nearby economies

• Angola — 100% (2022)
• Benin — 0% (2022)
• Botswana — 0% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 0% (2022)
• Burundi — 0% (2022)
• Cabo Verde — 100% (2022)
• Cameroon — 0% (2022)
• Central African Republic — 0% (2022)
• Chad — 0% (2022)
• Congo, Rep. — 0% (2022)

More trade data for Mozambique

• Import volume index (2015 = 100) — 82.9 (2024)
• Import value index (2015 = 100) — 111.5 (2024)
• Net barter terms of trade index (2015 = 100) — 117.5 (2024)
• Export volume index (2015 = 100) — 152.4 (2024)
• Export value index (2015 = 100) — 241 (2024)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 9.66% (2021)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, all products (%) — 10.38% (2021)
• Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products (%) — 12.28% (2021)
• Bound rate, simple mean, manufactured products (%) — 69.4% (2021)

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Questions people ask

What is Mozambique's binding coverage, manufactured products (%)?

1.53% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is down 1.42 percentage points from 2.95% in 1997. The highest value was 2.95% in 1997 and the lowest 1.53% in 2018.

How does Mozambique rank?

12th highest of 12 economies with data for 2021.

Is the latest change in binding coverage, manufactured products (%) unusual for Mozambique?

In 2021, Mozambique's binding coverage, manufactured products (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2020 (from 1.53% to 1.53%). Across the 9 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2020), the average change was −0.12 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.TAX.MANF.BC.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); World Integrated Trade Solution system (WITS), World Bank (WB); World Trade Organization (WTO) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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