Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source
Gabon | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 46157379.792021
1961 53078875.421816
1962 56243568.858481
1963 70124239.994089
1964 77540103.468683
1965 84468787.668948
1966 97281594.151464
1967 130487347.97914
1968 145012559.8281
1969 171949151.0278
1970 123008734.15919
1971 199741094.14111
1972 311076213.87873
1973 416798916.61678
1974 668038560.84752
1975 1033535545.4571
1976 1387316654.8047
1977 1440086497.668
1978 1121176290.3033
1979 1133406058.1066
1980 1353656770.0552
1981 1571772407.2229
1982 1435152239.7841
1983 1476646950.5039
1984 1431720920.3532
1985 1913133444.7438
1986 1861937646.8961
1987 1484012451.0375
1988 1602494054.1948
1989 1724720020.5284
1990 1836814828.9525
1991 1797631335.2184
1992 1889852807.341
1993 1512752825.5367
1994 1603032269.5614
1995 1772673124.687
1996 1879469128.9024
1997 1983294062.5845
1998 2177525442.6516
1999 1777483514.2686
2000 1659781413.5788
2001 1475000550.0086
2002 1715357230.748
2003 1847633653.749
2004 2076853808.2609
2005 2294207327.7271
2006 2899740991.8397
2007 3313621544.732
2008 4172990647.7744
2009 3795566581.8444
2010 4526528929.3108
2011 5236192836.5601
2012 5390232336.5145
2013 5855446896.635
2014 5279047842.591
2015 4015443368.9842
2016 3659959617.6624
2017 3708781261.5629
2018 3835211917.5814
2019 3711865707.4978
2020 3454238781.5701
2021 3353268668.3462
2022 3498889833.5131

Gabon | 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
Gabonese Republic
Records
63
Source