Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source
Chad | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 53426872.505091
1961 61975054.548416
1962 70200150.439658
1963 71423855.708307
1964 83664248.045229
1965 74267243.264485
1966 77743900.658241
1967 81707046.173946
1968 84826312.107331
1969 83474196.360253
1970 103472052.85156
1971 105681233.3985
1972 113479622.61296
1973 152093518.14978
1974 174903172.21434
1975 223504931.34104
1976 228499255.5822
1977 265386205.90151
1978 311536381.10705
1979 347871418.29348
1980 298183134.66251
1981 198725614.58684
1982 112596761.81512
1983 195963410.39431
1984 221072311.09274
1985 323630060.73127
1986 377752728.11982
1987 423865233.40877
1988 446324642.95514
1989 450301764.71992
1990 485189439.92126
1991 457982402.69259
1992 466958173.74411
1993 429082121.05244
1994 411559919.5148
1995 488251564.67588
1996 467199422.74539
1997 475289630.2395
1998 515889625.04605
1999 494007543.61993
2000 481549082.9104
2001 849538448.77826
2002 2269814007.7413
2003 1611292717.1365
2004 2245029718.4331
2005 2518057573.6074
2006 3590201333.6348
2007 3479736756.2391
2008 3907578538.7652
2009 3899421940.6721
2010 4645436721.94
2011 5088489833.8144
2012 5207595369.6221
2013 5062672012.8866
2014 5919969143.5467
2015 4003726597.4395
2016 3736368579.6329
2017 3970361147.0977
2018 4272465296.5561
2019 4280250489.1643
2020 4501989112.6436
2021 5210833467.4182
2022 5027559890.5675

Chad | 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 Chad
Records
63
Source