Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports (current US$)
Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: The value of imports is generally recorded as the cost of the goods when purchased by the importer plus the cost of transport and insurance to the frontier of the importing country - the cost, insurance, and freight (c.i.f.) value, corresponding to the landed cost at the point of entry of foreign goods into the country. A few countries collect import data on a free on board (f.o.b.) basis and adjust them for freight and insurance costs. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system imports include goods imported for domestic consumption and imports into bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Under the special system imports comprise goods imported for domestic consumption (including transformation and repair) and withdrawals for domestic consumption from bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Goods transported through a country en route to another are excluded. Data on imports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on exports. 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 imports 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.
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The World Bank
Origin
Africa Eastern and Southern
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63
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Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports (current US$)
3757510945.8383 1960
3608729973.2567 1961
3525370421.2429 1962
3988596286.2311 1963
4840129937.8153 1964
5420481249.304 1965
5382494618.0065 1966
5926969666.6032 1967
6253021585.2395 1968
6733130397.471 1969
7960309625.2188 1970
9250799905.1291 1971
8786518855.9381 1972
11082599681.028 1973
16075731328.236 1974
17051776715.739 1975
15138727756.232 1976
15412020464.733 1977
18894128333.665 1978
21688256102.432 1979
37964472429.182 1980
41669420539.68 1981
34892350720.56 1982
30564799574.936 1983
30097591714.424 1984
25146415197 1985
27510057589.79 1986
32565512448.072 1987
37685374516.884 1988
38527779937.152 1989
39835348544.583 1990
39292487770.114 1991
41475176571.415 1992
40552830269.362 1993
45749390149.168 1994
55751272905.93 1995
57473323858.883 1996
61700913337.851 1997
57896995017.408 1998
54687027172.793 1999
57528056496.587 2000
57393252037.057 2001
59287609442.041 2002
78503833113.044 2003
100981716564.27 2004
121459831604.57 2005
146289191342.35 2006
172211176699.48 2007
208642842063.19 2008
180341000533.29 2009
207871517298.51 2010
258432311728.82 2011
276327857123.37 2012
283924544523.24 2013
285036427922.53 2014
251526877271.8 2015
215165148056.27 2016
232178889843.37 2017
257356916754.67 2018
248049327642.86 2019
206462658661.3 2020
265315238856.89 2021
316678224263.69 2022
Africa Eastern and Southern | Merchandise imports (current US$)
Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: The value of imports is generally recorded as the cost of the goods when purchased by the importer plus the cost of transport and insurance to the frontier of the importing country - the cost, insurance, and freight (c.i.f.) value, corresponding to the landed cost at the point of entry of foreign goods into the country. A few countries collect import data on a free on board (f.o.b.) basis and adjust them for freight and insurance costs. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system imports include goods imported for domestic consumption and imports into bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Under the special system imports comprise goods imported for domestic consumption (including transformation and repair) and withdrawals for domestic consumption from bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Goods transported through a country en route to another are excluded. Data on imports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on exports. 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 imports 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