With more than half of goods imports (62%), intermediary goods was the category with the highest import share in Latin American and the Caribbean in 2018. The following categories, capital goods and consumption goods, amounted together to close to a third (35%) of imports in that year.
Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category
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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (June 23, 2020). Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category." Chart. June 23, 2020. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (2020). Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. "Distribution of Goods Imported in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2018, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/ (last visited March 28, 2024)
Distribution of goods imported in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2018, by category [Graph], Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, June 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/913836/latin-america-caribbean-goods-imports-distribution/