Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source
Congo, Rep. | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
691336514.15508 1960
768986627.62311 1961
633725154.85385 1962
598657318.41614 1963
621200908.54571 1964
608676706.05253 1965
646985354.43599 1966
764038365.274 1967
848104120.00413 1968
941745807.65128 1969
1044963180.9993 1970
1049218130.9663 1971
1053481279.3773 1972
1057736228.5725 1973
1061991178.5395 1974
1115198545.7638 1975
1067311915.0155 1976
1001331500.2478 1977
992821601.05593 1978
793832523.45331 1979
1121585069.5504 1980
1656831509.194 1981
2410318337.719 1982
1894641387.0378 1983
1834793347.051 1984
1840532200.3455 1985
1438812477.1153 1986
1097760630.6506 1987
1106778828.5366 1988
1081363892.6436 1989
1135432087.2046 1990
1784820862.504 1991
1033839931.8312 1992
1935356942.4238 1993
3377402538.5455 1994
2892144109.203 1995
3009805572.4326 1996
3156423766.9592 1997
3144039750.0467 1998
3331849477.6097 1999
3480430018.6557 2000
3699408867.0505 2001
3873017436.5139 2002
4030873494.2978 2003
3943389495.2579 2004
4636685555.4262 2005
4688966658.8574 2006
7249051521.333 2007
6456780760.4221 2008
6596849555.1907 2009
7135490792.5891 2010
6916129980.4474 2011
6894123307.929 2012
6610593861.2858 2013
7664504216.6245 2014
9508127399.7395 2015
8649534915.1947 2016
5084495961.3003 2017
5077529880.9699 2018
4509019016.5864 2019
2896188135.9681 2020
3620234419.2281 2021
3833828249.8501 2022
Congo, Rep. | 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 the Congo
Records
63
Source