China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
China | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
2644396864.2571 1960
1746683028.6184 1961
1372974101.5652 1962
1450153119.1088 1963
1710124546.624 1964
2246315615.8743 1965
2481914722.0601 1966
2169136598.3307 1967
2067585259.4576 1968
1917289277.9253 1969
2278812044.3137 1970
2128516062.7815 1971
2850695703.378 1972
5207558399.0478 1973
7791517749.9239 1974
7925485382.2111 1975
6660090707.0358 1976
7148151357.7989 1977
11130909954.859 1978
15621583381.568 1979
19941270688.735 1980
21572308594.896 1981
17788124795.19 1982
19385304449.37 1983
24710305080.89 1984
38302403273.95 1985
33592580690.47 1986
33781853910 1987
48984701330 1988
46118793490 1989
38461758920 1990
43941659170 1991
61849400129 1992
86072328750 1993
97249960003.217 1994
119900581931.95 1995
137262289734.51 1996
144623523418.67 1997
144914439858.03 1998
168058444268.42 1999
224306129778.4 2000
243974733445.64 2001
295621175446.62 2002
412135282380.48 2003
556182484386.99 2004
648710862055.9 2005
782808732513.69 2006
950016771030.26 2007
1149043691028.8 2008
1042531317913.2 2009
1432422435977.1 2010
1825413639268.3 2011
1943205232835.5 2012
2119392421395.4 2013
2241276198946.7 2014
2003260696084.7 2015
1944490534245.1 2016
2208518918647 2017
2564121911010 2018
2496153305874 2019
2374737462806.7 2020
3093278397264.7 2021
3137594161662.8 2022
China | 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
People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source