France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source
France | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 7703448807.4714
1961 8273434929.9973
1962 9042716899.5602
1963 10367369962.866
1964 12137117084.555
1965 12575567948.037
1966 14294826788.476
1967 15606193461.98
1968 17377269222.649
1969 20853686819.126
1970 22918389039.802
1971 25770095892.033
1972 32248374512.354
1973 44639068945.197
1974 62037643207.856
1975 64439345265.412
1976 75449330783.939
1977 83706873495.587
1978 97265988372.093
1979 124740980573.54
1980 157932319155.54
1981 144292094146.05
1982 139514921648.87
1983 127109906188.14
1984 125805749455.83
1985 131050518323.84
1986 158186381286.11
1987 193330786860.2
1988 214217597180.93
1989 229069504421.14
1990 276177568967.59
1991 274783164748.29
1992 289557620817.84
1993 252823720176.05
1994 281109404536.86
1995 336601393087.13
1996 341586100782.15
1997 327048775005.62
1998 351430953969.31
1999 353643809381.47
2000 372359017200
2001 367744588386.22
2002 383474587651.37
2003 455341828900.39
2004 539577459091.12
2005 592025237914.4
2006 653657213936.47
2007 760064379592.94
2008 857925492297.66
2009 692153802943.36
2010 742755299683.33
2011 870126540107.01
2012 818493895248.05
2013 854791379337.65
2014 879982977520
2015 760028534719.92
2016 762973925940.47
2017 830791260481.18
2018 913320694019.61
2019 888231377160.78
2020 779781852364.2
2021 944547056290.68
2022 1071713925243.2

France | 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
French Republic
Records
63
Source