Early-demographic dividend | Merchandise imports (current US$)

Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: The value of imports is generally recorded as the cost of the goods when purchased by the importer plus the cost of transport and insurance to the frontier of the importing country - the cost, insurance, and freight (c.i.f.) value, corresponding to the landed cost at the point of entry of foreign goods into the country. A few countries collect import data on a free on board (f.o.b.) basis and adjust them for freight and insurance costs. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system imports include goods imported for domestic consumption and imports into bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Under the special system imports comprise goods imported for domestic consumption (including transformation and repair) and withdrawals for domestic consumption from bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Goods transported through a country en route to another are excluded. Data on imports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on exports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total imports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
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The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
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63
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Early-demographic dividend | Merchandise imports (current US$)
17388691074.47 1960
17660648874.226 1961
17344056779.09 1962
18484826328.448 1963
21001992986.495 1964
22339983841.019 1965
23142363150.986 1966
23663442599.373 1967
24673423283.2 1968
26834553585.077 1969
29862419622.817 1970
33043910677.214 1971
36747519186.867 1972
50296798465.827 1973
79794613091.483 1974
100653680169.34 1975
107420682109.12 1976
128179949910.82 1977
148049171106.74 1978
164521143473.31 1979
228106521068.12 1980
261617516374.59 1981
240247217167.24 1982
225987520881.29 1983
222427154888.6 1984
199055352636.7 1985
193870284779.92 1986
219463390764.95 1987
252674565777.3 1988
264443355842.6 1989
294505313394.53 1990
326808221937.21 1991
373381117538.94 1992
384628859988.68 1993
408529560437.65 1994
468946808003.41 1995
518679001144.6 1996
578386118368.42 1997
570119318540.46 1998
571800361553.28 1999
656852512124.92 2000
628363045695.25 2001
646286815766.31 2002
728237662641.27 2003
918054098826.88 2004
1122893603178.4 2005
1307217562312.5 2006
1559620754439.1 2007
1923304781376.6 2008
1519936705034.4 2009
1929366967515.9 2010
2369826315107.5 2011
2490778162287.1 2012
2513730016262.2 2013
2530570536659.2 2014
2286162328933.1 2015
2129839370866.3 2016
2402643765189 2017
2630664812566.9 2018
2523580567234.1 2019
2147440172053 2020
2901679838909.3 2021
3513707880722.2 2022

Early-demographic dividend | Merchandise imports (current US$)

Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: The value of imports is generally recorded as the cost of the goods when purchased by the importer plus the cost of transport and insurance to the frontier of the importing country - the cost, insurance, and freight (c.i.f.) value, corresponding to the landed cost at the point of entry of foreign goods into the country. A few countries collect import data on a free on board (f.o.b.) basis and adjust them for freight and insurance costs. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system imports include goods imported for domestic consumption and imports into bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Under the special system imports comprise goods imported for domestic consumption (including transformation and repair) and withdrawals for domestic consumption from bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Goods transported through a country en route to another are excluded. Data on imports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on exports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total imports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Early-demographic dividend
Records
63
Source