East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
5977827758.1247 1960
4726716222.2507 1961
4434202985.7706 1962
5012417393.343 1963
5534851916.4653 1964
6514671147.6096 1965
7158973306.5026 1966
7004468365.6091 1967
7360490392.5346 1968
7543897824.8391 1969
8628615477.4367 1970
8747590513.656 1971
10771149911.747 1972
16837771441.534 1973
26636762263.916 1974
27985442335.308 1975
28723742922.704 1976
33930858302.086 1977
43627992252.686 1978
57283829487.46 1979
74232274377.965 1980
85615658272.981 1981
83240557852.913 1982
87460430810.469 1983
88071435202.038 1984
96892671694.6 1985
89556354713.591 1986
99211627784.742 1987
127481491975.36 1988
139557693742.08 1989
153682607329.02 1990
179610290458.92 1991
211260806543.27 1992
258736287381.13 1993
309110900743.13 1994
389249083335.36 1995
427508984630.52 1996
431808192182.84 1997
356306864221.35 1998
396726026898.41 1999
503962303205.1 2000
512363260464.67 2001
582819919099.95 2002
726682653827.69 2003
945052989107.73 2004
1100185889236.3 2005
1288600033256.4 2006
1534951888682.5 2007
1853790537857.3 2008
1614931624653.9 2009
2183889531690 2010
2733645180825.5 2011
2910167478992.7 2012
3113508805268 2013
3232591260580.3 2014
2921991356545.6 2015
2866699196596.4 2016
3262191976027.3 2017
3763983265593.5 2018
3682287071333.6 2019
3414589457429.2 2020
4416840439936.4 2021
4671262309120.9 2022
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source