Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source
Ecuador | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
214480835.87655 1960
178045079.99655 1961
163881254.88109 1962
181649471.15668 1963
227656462.22541 1964
245638660.91858 1965
270002331.1166 1966
307238167.08203 1967
359393149.31852 1968
376645413.1529 1969
372412385.53267 1970
459682187.76794 1971
495423307.76442 1972
648350559.9182 1973
1237513769.0954 1974
1494854035.0828 1975
1634569959.0104 1976
2000105050.3191 1977
2213274158.3218 1978
2575839827.2773 1979
3196674206.9451 1980
3336485176.3995 1981
3538834101.5346 1982
2627142401.2102 1983
2652199403.5143 1984
2750017258.2667 1985
2677095328.6624 1986
3118843926.2407 1987
3087611966.1318 1988
3449082110.3309 1989
3326815544.6459 1990
3656282141.0705 1991
3740586293.1466 1992
4381543771.8859 1993
5336068034.017 1994
6016443221.6108 1995
5535280640.3202 1996
6613086543.2716 1997
7136267133.5668 1998
4483779889.945 1999
5010291145.5728 2000
6734248000 2001
7960638000 2002
7992504000 2003
9554409000 2004
11821905000 2005
13748900000 2006
15636623000 2007
20933400000 2008
16790125000 2009
22541700000 2010
26453861000 2011
27772113000 2012
29459627000 2013
30168281000 2014
23815449000 2015
19004701000 2016
22516333000 2017
25553987000 2018
24895603000 2019
19378950000 2020
26751297000 2021
32810251000 2022
Ecuador | 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
Republic of Ecuador
Records
63
Source