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