Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source
Arab World | Merchandise exports (current US$)
1960 4671188473.6407
1961 4611018592.0567
1962 4872757576.9473
1963 6137327921.5718
1964 6820256077.5506
1965 7258493381.7544
1966 7959472502.2084
1967 8334531430.7489
1968 9923016304.5675
1969 10917825013.424
1970 11949738482.59
1971 15533857762.279
1972 18899359805.546
1973 28288869826.735
1974 84118497285.844
1975 76891091676.241
1976 93041690724.757
1977 102080209770.04
1978 100470665437.67
1979 160160190800.39
1980 238657818314.92
1981 227031994361.53
1982 169923756918.76
1983 129621970233.77
1984 122456740168.47
1985 113154476475.58
1986 79308918084.56
1987 91506355913.004
1988 92536263719.451
1989 116488890746.7
1990 142458211638.37
1991 127509004558.81
1992 134000331950.37
1993 127278353346.07
1994 131815162417.51
1995 149872143880.88
1996 180194755705.15
1997 188046925251.87
1998 142679837368.87
1999 178779760656.57
2000 263246240424.24
2001 236219935279.41
2002 245977484409.62
2003 300838376775.23
2004 403934454712.68
2005 558740528883.45
2006 677951103940.46
2007 792872569271.9
2008 1082862316397.5
2009 740855706642.49
2010 927788486253.7
2011 1243535956854.1
2012 1401479890349.5
2013 1384813835982.1
2014 1254082734264.4
2015 868265430896.69
2016 793298772599.78
2017 915355383055.72
2018 1162555318892.9
2019 1101304385103
2020 826504524583.29
2021 1209962165761.6
2022 1657612045107.8

Arab World | 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
Arab World
Records
63
Source