Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source
Euro area | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
125482911832.33 1970
140487763408.5 1971
170218022730.1 1972
234905971642.66 1973
318692377773.74 1974
335104397085.41 1975
379176469504.98 1976
429094873044.93 1977
503148920458.18 1978
655274137707.52 1979
795566732759.65 1980
714078429678.97 1981
680591057610.76 1982
645784312826.81 1983
646466113972.7 1984
668173852474.61 1985
808908121778.15 1986
997325483973.1 1987
1121280183063.6 1988
1212878189671.4 1989
1497323340717.3 1990
1548847687346.8 1991
1668305544890.5 1992
1450340224037.1 1993
1614371606576.8 1994
1971381009786.1 1995
2004356661203.6 1996
1965179648601.4 1997
2084230571688.7 1998
2138714918321.8 1999
2230937270506 2000
2221099277902.4 2001
2308367588941.8 2002
2803173556701.8 2003
3348462655074.5 2004
3672295249541.3 2005
4167318559185.4 2006
4914618962371.1 2007
5500568654594.7 2008
4327376822138.4 2009
4753170073639 2010
5508327255755.7 2011
5150783180802.4 2012
5324691662333.6 2013
5491607250346.8 2014
4850979241165.6 2015
4923950758178 2016
5434755374498.6 2017
6033797337517.6 2018
6014382025698.9 2019
5467735210011.1 2020
6676465827142.7 2021
7527282161035.7 2022
Euro area | 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
Euro area
Records
63
Source