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