Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$)
1397726501.3574 1960
1229325700.2758 1961
2336560787.6993 1962
2781770955.8301 1963
3206981357.7571 1964
1973446626.93 1965
2685256800.1541 1966
2679530458.4625 1967
2894745560.957 1968
3168377608.5716 1969
3560329975.4175 1970
3307208839.4568 1971
3483724292.5026 1972
3956867190.5638 1973
4742526628.6963 1974
4845292773.1912 1975
4656127964.8281 1976
4912492673.7161 1977
4787782260.8268 1978
5365741011.8939 1979
6048371920.5114 1980
5167940875.9068 1981
4224202055.1703 1982
4390193259.5127 1983
4143358995.4198 1984
4315487610.4266 1985
5176466101.1599 1986
6109295459.7985 1987
6221330868.3069 1988
7202422929.9001 1989
6166626106.9781 1990
6326958385.9718 1991
7666008916.3758 1992
8212027428.7942 1993
8915202402.1165 1994
9367820787.319 1995
9684376743.2288 1996
11350629996.438 1997
13271179813.315 1998
13404740066.11 1999
14414366436.834 2000
13565536255.788 2001
13595374938.289 2002
12225630795.112 2003
12945547493.545 2004
14074295884.303 2005
14924468417.237 2006
15604829542.149 2007
16460234044.361 2008
14727625485.735 2009
17482163937.431 2010
17501836027.935 2011
17768371124.604 2012
17379977552.278 2013
18210090713.43 2014
20217568219.191 2015
21859831022.149 2016
21209362819.127 2017
23017599787.974 2018
24355585345.798 2019
20821754538.029 2020
26165787263.923 2021
29932321586.775 2022
Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source