Europe & Central Asia | 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
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Europe & Central Asia
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63
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Europe & Central Asia | Merchandise imports (current US$)
65762587524.548 1960
70413032432.205 1961
76752887861.052 1962
85086932601.063 1963
95322705671.008 1964
103344262950.26 1965
111470961028.72 1966
116107441707.15 1967
126315241909.21 1968
147195976066.37 1969
172140630680.16 1970
191008832800.17 1971
227414977363.18 1972
315916102267.72 1973
435406334906.14 1974
452354574605.7 1975
509783164837.86 1976
570818541617 1977
659279667304.45 1978
853807288374.01 1979
1017150376963.3 1980
910114148124.94 1981
861871180143.13 1982
827865509054.59 1983
841525818953.95 1984
878290744676.73 1985
1035821904595.9 1986
1260765711276.7 1987
1412900614617.2 1988
1516355771347.9 1989
1824830809896.5 1990
1846698135204.3 1991
1930513363427.8 1992
1713082132423.9 1993
1948164440073.8 1994
2367521952276.7 1995
2464657681488.5 1996
2475792421563.8 1997
2604041383137.4 1998
2597626617118 1999
2784708581279.2 2000
2756360697931.2 2001
2897266205644.7 2002
3500936968666.9 2003
4240446488535.1 2004
4718855073410.8 2005
5449080071215.6 2006
6424787233824.1 2007
7308757538436.6 2008
5466373927543.2 2009
6232037978023.7 2010
7380664607008 2011
7118213397504.4 2012
7224410681888 2013
7225791702814.2 2014
6175469137202.2 2015
6187676068975.1 2016
6857284649690.4 2017
7531405830281 2018
7345418772541.3 2019
6877623821945.9 2020
8515911535925 2021
9735934256394.4 2022
Europe & Central Asia | 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
Europe & Central Asia
Records
63
Source