Australia | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source
Australia | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
2611840417.8945 1960
2952320472.3713 1961
2512160401.9457 1962
2974720475.9553 1963
3270400523.2641 1964
3959200633.4721 1965
4124960659.9937 1966
4222400675.5841 1967
4730880756.9409 1968
4883200781.3121 1969
5455520872.8833 1970
5839680934.349 1971
6220794392.5234 1972
7022421524.6637 1973
11737656595.431 1974
14315171377.851 1975
14038081936.92 1976
16144757972.012 1977
17265414581.989 1978
20687265704.873 1979
23827298050.139 1980
29570416811.796 1981
32610614586.781 1982
27657830161.663 1983
28996243474.985 1984
31190673250.026 1985
32912702853.945 1986
32314716781.366 1987
39231436371.15 1988
50821263276.52 1989
53060646565.29 1990
52680239945.814 1991
53341618613.579 1992
55746908375.492 1993
59676236596.334 1994
73019750519.751 1995
77631200583.308 1996
82133225648.418 1997
81674014786.678 1998
80794585787.693 1999
89663284607.906 2000
83770437082.283 2001
82017039226.428 2002
98900407687.828 2003
121992459809.36 2004
145652868456.56 2005
162450827269.88 2006
186601240480.49 2007
239715332950.15 2008
211106497147.69 2009
237995666496.38 2010
285356953768.4 2011
335184302952.68 2012
335587972476.51 2013
313702700990.67 2014
291119040943.28 2015
260021342759.48 2016
274846166783.19 2017
307300096115.09 2018
301767475391.73 2019
268413428246.4 2020
276347165282.58 2021
333675327040.55 2022
Australia | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Data on exports and imports are compiled from customs reports and balance of payments data. Although the data from the payments side provide reasonably reliable records of cross-border transactions, they may not adhere strictly to the appropriate definitions of valuation and timing used in the balance of payments or corresponds to the change-of ownership criterion. This issue has assumed greater significance with the increasing globalization of international business. Neither customs nor balance of payments data usually capture the illegal transactions that occur in many countries. Goods carried by travelers across borders in legal but unreported shuttle trade may further distort trade statistics. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Commonwealth of Australia
Records
63
Source