Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source
Cameroon | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
197501862.12871 1965
200668814.90295 1966
211381299.69244 1967
257710416.89814 1968
251576564.8371 1969
284005473.49794 1970
335928206.6881 1971
390830241.0037 1972
456280562.5251 1973
491889089.57927 1974
729774049.06564 1975
793051292.87575 1976
943911998.71563 1977
1311288738.5242 1978
1671668197.5248 1979
1810903418.9323 1980
1878440367.0045 1981
1911383891.4076 1982
2013215078.0292 1983
2266220105.2221 1984
2698093752.9453 1985
2694449197.7243 1986
2691627935.7717 1987
1953074690.7035 1988
1956872129.5241 1989
2132071772.3513 1990
1733392181.1181 1991
2211014452.6162 1992
1580660005.2191 1993
1378107626.0926 1994
1636645932.8472 1995
2313348982.2343 1996
2354149770.9426 1997
2295271123.983 1998
2059848165.2534 1999
2437829405.7094 2000
2881977219.4449 2001
3165848305.4987 2002
3322828643.6643 2003
4008132753.4518 2004
4438925461.482 2005
4793806220.742 2006
6278066804.3115 2007
8291276215.6002 2008
6311089300.7322 2009
6841031832.1355 2010
8359880285.5714 2011
7888349867.6693 2012
8781390774.2517 2013
9905295758.3435 2014
7907933406.453 2015
7333874148.3238 2016
7525797297.6289 2017
8734823906.2855 2018
9333954949.9132 2019
7544328670.7431 2020
9102326034.5336 2021
9599642282.7579 2022
Cameroon | 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
Republic of Cameroon
Records
63
Source