East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source
East Asia & Pacific | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
22058413103.685 1960
20506257001.181 1961
19688943245.107 1962
22783009712.921 1963
24005576709.188 1964
27557028288.983 1965
30334672472.622 1966
31597592417.237 1967
35963765782.034 1968
39603448693.009 1969
45651287340.049 1970
49486888389.73 1971
58294578917.373 1972
89513609848.158 1973
141959529153.45 1974
142101732967.41 1975
158718207301.46 1976
180396976701.6 1977
216107594665.19 1978
291128074087.93 1979
362688643022.01 1980
400129384143.86 1981
384242986267.28 1982
379583696771.28 1983
404646201331.2 1984
404020178805.23 1985
414751917235.05 1986
498236302284.04 1987
639939712927.48 1988
730772840409.39 1989
809421230781.48 1990
887067385599.6 1991
965599856497.49 1992
1066324923810.9 1993
1236807467662.7 1994
1526393801295.2 1995
1627292983041.5 1996
1639489744341.1 1997
1373613441563.8 1998
1484083384727.4 1999
1810825967541.9 2000
1696491143136.6 2001
1785260707187.9 2002
2084474674123.6 2003
2610619479650.8 2004
2991226425790 2005
3426643881935 2006
3910579253908.7 2007
4641911390637.2 2008
3825042122405.8 2009
4974605998784.1 2010
6090768995764 2011
6429650424752.9 2012
6623693161234.5 2013
6770366555911.8 2014
6006396820981.2 2015
5808977564604.4 2016
6504642249700.1 2017
7312587118769.2 2018
7109160656632.2 2019
6528799680063.6 2020
8207821648588 2021
8846967505439 2022
East Asia & Pacific | 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
Records
63
Source