Dominican Republic | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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 (% of GDP)
18.81321482 1960
16.34306181 1961
24.18395826 1962
25.97789392 1963
28.03237403 1964
20.26798784 1965
25.33794085 1966
25.0096637 1967
26.64257251 1968
26.11133685 1969
27.92966611 1970
27.70569697 1971
24.64323035 1972
26.97417264 1973
34.97255358 1974
32.23510641 1975
29.17573605 1976
28.27745024 1977
29.46607807 1978
31.767482 1979
34.06918522 1980
29.00167299 1981
24.63505818 1982
24.36304362 1983
30.01007426 1984
30.83409545 1985
26.4865444 1986
32.53097716 1987
36.87080714 1988
38.80100488 1989
38.58770577 1990
43.01309581 1991
43.66105123 1992
41.61356437 1993
40.94936835 1994
38.67123776 1995
37.75578114 1996
39.01094963 1997
41.60141843 1998
41.32165117 1999
43.80256795 2000
38.61994772 2001
37.99927275 2002
42.29650503 2003
40.2039463 2004
33.32242058 2005
35.54156637 2006
35.18520867 2007
37.4853166 2008
29.5813545 2009
33.32418387 2010
34.80269059 2011
33.80549602 2012
31.51459739 2013
30.34503269 2014
28.40949542 2015
27.67659173 2016
26.54294008 2017
28.50453508 2018
27.94186288 2019
25.99795939 2020
30.98216499 2021
32.16879402 2022
Dominican Republic | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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