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

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

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Togo24.925.510.313.014.218.019.120.013.014.88.611.78.512.414.828.427.019.6
Papua New Guinea51.356.654.441.536.027.4
Solomon Islands1.70.00.10.20.50.30.40.70.24.23.8
Timor-Leste0.00.00.30.30.00.00.00.00.1
Haiti16.90.1
Yemen0.10.20.20.10.50.70.52.80.0
Afghanistan0.30.31.11.10.81.22.2
Burundi0.71.34.65.77.55.32.72.13.95.78.77.85.910.24.0
Central African Republic0.17.617.857.860.757.845.70.30.02.23.713.94.816.719.912.212.7
Chad0.2
Comoros0.00.10.80.80.10.00.10.00.00.10.10.30.86.5
Côte d'Ivoire1.10.20.20.30.20.20.30.40.20.20.51.11.41.41.01.10.9
Democratic Republic of the Congo77.870.769.356.545.267.174.171.083.176.3
Guinea51.765.030.734.436.725.8
Guinea Bissau0.20.6
Liberia73.622.39.429.443.20.20.70.1
Sao Tome and Principe0.00.10.00.20.11.10.11.31.13.21.70.60.10.10.30.2
Sierra Leone1.486.41.00.59.219.7
Somalia0.1