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

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