European Union | 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
European Union
Records
63
Source
European Union | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
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1968
1969
145456383686.61 1970
161760863310.26 1971
194972065565.57 1972
269027957426.45 1973
365931152027.76 1974
385426248855.36 1975
436513579970.8 1976
491180473916.53 1977
571520856071.09 1978
744894247674.13 1979
898660794272.84 1980
808061309802.1 1981
771225654011.32 1982
731862420468.44 1983
733742446927.51 1984
761541516161.54 1985
921830045330.06 1986
1135591832954.2 1987
1271970176588.6 1988
1373320448563.6 1989
1681794587675.5 1990
1721024560353.9 1991
1855126417621.7 1992
1618883107417.4 1993
1806920354949.1 1994
2212251374762.2 1995
2264324662133.8 1996
2231705575860.7 1997
2373590965779.6 1998
2427574760713.1 1999
2540477880809.3 2000
2532479363408.1 2001
2649401322907.2 2002
3223128653626.9 2003
3870644794134.5 2004
4272294389839.1 2005
4883883397002 2006
5811987300709.2 2007
6558374738922.4 2008
5109993298118 2009
5637066029578.2 2010
6544068917555.4 2011
6136610737620.2 2012
6341459911271.4 2013
6558736771103.3 2014
5786692179563.6 2015
5873802862952.4 2016
6503374612565.5 2017
7240088468760.3 2018
7206738511623.8 2019
6585151674023.9 2020
8085434306702.2 2021
9127012330516.8 2022
European Union | 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
European Union
Records
63
Source