Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source
Dominican Republic | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
126500000 1960
106900000 1961
199300000 1962
244400000 1963
287500000 1964
180000000 1965
249300000 1966
258800000 1967
287500000 1968
321300000 1969
414895190 1970
461715440 1971
489759560 1972
632490400 1973
1023192000 1974
1160205950 1975
1152879210 1976
1297114920 1977
1395042000 1978
1746830300 1979
2303519820 1980
2192903500 1981
2036678800 1982
2246418800 1983
3479368010 1984
1555450606.0513 1985
1621540298.5815 1986
1895596549.8999 1987
1981547781.3804 1988
2594465299.6845 1989
2729569106.0725 1990
4225814431.5338 1991
5067032000 1992
5443488000 1993
5996926315.5892 1994
6433877233.8772 1995
6887267086.2118 1996
7808997351.9057 1997
9015949073.6348 1998
9147200120.2443 1999
10646556076.715 2000
9887410923.3488 2001
10312030141.003 2002
9052791964.5897 2003
8974480635.3112 2004
11921949245.922 2005
13463084948.709 2006
15469338316.793 2007
18038909538.465 2008
14276280841.255 2009
17948467832.145 2010
20195922555.867 2011
20513694119.483 2012
19754030150.807 2013
20385779512.053 2014
20217568219.191 2015
20952466316.537 2016
21233833497.867 2017
24387166196.933 2018
24851876363.514 2019
20498001727.852 2020
29198653713.803 2021
36523602101.884 2022

Dominican Republic | 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
Dominican Republic
Records
63
Source