COMCEC Trade Outlook 2019
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As shown in Figure 20 the share of basic food items such as food and live animals, oil seeds
and animal and vegetable oils constituted as much as 38.5 to 92.7 per cent of exports in Guinea
Bissau, Maldives, Comoros, Afghanistan, Somali, Uganda, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Gambia and
Sudan.
Figure 20:Share of Basic Food (SITC 0+22+4) in Total Exports, 2018
Source: UNCTADSTAT
Although the share of manufacturing in total OIC exports is 38.5 per cent in 2018,
manufactured products constitute a considerable part of exports in some OIC countries such as
Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey, Morocco and Malaysia where the share of manufactured goods
exports in total exports ranged between 67 to 95 per cent (see Table 4).
Figure 21 illustrates the sectoral breakdown of OIC exports along with the breakdown of
manufacturing exports by degree of manufacturing in 2018. Of the total OIC manufacturing
exports 47.5 per cent is high-skill and technology-intensive manufactures, 21.7 per cent is labor-
intensive and resource-intensive manufactures, 20.8 per cent is medium-skill and technology-
intensive manufactures and 10 per cent is low-skill and technology-intensive manufactures.
Figure 21: OIC Exports by Degree of Manufacturing, 2018
Source: UNCTADSTAT
Table 4 provides the details of the largest manufactured goods exporters of OIC by degree of
manufacturing in 2018. Malaysia, Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Indonesia as being the largest
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Fuels; 43.8
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Other; 4.5
Labor Intensive; 21.7
Low Skill; 10.0
Medium Skill; 20.8
High Skill; 47.5
Manufactures; 38.5%