Cameroon | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 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 constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
336400780.58968 1960
330063967.42391 1961
329237469.5134 1962
295624974.2794 1963
308298491.02961 1964
342334626.50084 1965
348393622.7025 1966
323986110.31139 1967
375591749.24645 1968
373935639.20915 1969
411190764.61603 1970
499225296.86627 1971
494809620.88313 1972
449551168.70214 1973
450930055.19836 1974
475215376.34398 1975
526270183.93934 1976
581463413.88371 1977
631960128.4511 1978
703831181.77544 1979
697839422.07064 1980
1047051955.6707 1981
957972597.9317 1982
974569020.23849 1983
1233621989.0976 1984
1320915186.4534 1985
1544149859.2223 1986
1507090167.9231 1987
1199643821.9993 1988
1005301486.4895 1989
1106836991.3225 1990
1144469478.0219 1991
922442372.95927 1992
1246272589.0861 1993
1854180809.5365 1994
1964342849.927 1995
2582728970.4961 1996
3164056932.3236 1997
2954127547.7997 1998
2943311111.2481 1999
3648083732.7527 2000
4067225089.5512 2001
4012211223.9931 2002
3447084553.799 2003
3757192372.5345 2004
3930838489.7479 2005
4078588320.5445 2006
4682524532.564 2007
5184910139.5141 2008
4836992138.1931 2009
5528818202.3026 2010
5953870205.8133 2011
6136523042.3174 2012
6870597392.7132 2013
7916593477.9764 2014
7907933406.453 2015
7989445406.9602 2016
7893057594.2173 2017
8561597850.1401 2018
9533868575.4405 2019
7908143196.3207 2020
8920657822.4866 2021
9243016221.916 2022
Cameroon | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 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 constant 2015 prices, expressed in U.S. dollars. Development relevance: An economy's growth is measured by the change in the volume of its output or in the real incomes of its residents. The 2008 United Nations System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) offers three plausible indicators for calculating growth: the volume of gross domestic product (GDP), real gross domestic income, and real gross national income. The volume of GDP is the sum of value added, measured at constant prices, by households, government, and industries operating in the economy. GDP accounts for all domestic production, regardless of whether the income accrues to domestic or foreign institutions. 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source