Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise exports (current US$)
4272845383.1993 1960
4281293915.8403 1961
4524189229.2698 1962
5064895318.2956 1963
5502106882.4687 1964
5690086733.7316 1965
6180101626.9111 1966
6453622871.1643 1967
6983768294.3888 1968
7793771361.3472 1969
8210917660.4979 1970
8636512492.2896 1971
9320843636.2128 1972
13163869921.3 1973
17813731073.605 1974
16584469574.336 1975
16050099884.791 1976
19339747281.89 1977
21959848467.189 1978
30142252330.023 1979
40107296580.115 1980
33574110150.349 1981
29532565494.078 1982
30174290375.333 1983
29339336132.052 1984
28040631419.908 1985
30513967253.842 1986
35401653116.459 1987
37860750997.401 1988
39340481111.864 1989
41506683959.84 1990
39906948241.593 1991
39901863258.382 1992
40981473428.324 1993
43202705275.145 1994
48514346647.977 1995
52909030983.815 1996
54938128817.341 1997
47079949331.792 1998
48603805871.098 1999
56207839836.416 2000
54258035405.202 2001
57878084195.376 2002
69280068815.029 2003
89170513810.405 2004
109856942575.15 2005
130220098238.15 2006
162725310275.72 2007
201355429350.87 2008
149977370980.92 2009
205322132630.64 2010
249120555005.2 2011
239361367028.32 2012
236582031619.08 2013
227172547878.04 2014
178793406646.82 2015
166706245704.62 2016
197517831995.38 2017
221852773848.55 2018
201734614467.05 2019
183138974097.62 2020
259223690607.26 2021
286574135471.42 2022
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
Records
63
Source