Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source
Germany | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
35790765243.414 1970
40706506440.64 1971
48506788321.168 1972
65125982436.882 1973
83342709545.764 1974
92221047778.043 1975
105502001708.87 1976
120844285353.32 1977
144716338851.02 1978
188607428236.05 1979
220779619109.1 1980
192499820856.77 1981
182634122672.68 1982
179447419379.55 1983
177776127413.92 1984
182960451102.84 1985
226593531477.98 1986
272700549510.34 1987
300374452611.65 1988
320591548944.14 1989
407976034378.41 1990
451396582203.89 1991
483784596117.72 1992
419718443156.28 1993
461900686995.3 1994
558205268186.16 1995
553029633480.63 1996
537123843898.04 1997
563734578192.73 1998
579610797636.68 1999
597608722042.35 2000
587981680472.05 2001
589090539832.94 2002
726416498758.04 2003
858739159387.26 2004
935455113512.84 2005
1078597057376.5 2006
1252105739534.5 2007
1412923892963.3 2008
1129427855678.1 2009
1268183214766.7 2010
1505311912850.2 2011
1418156159959 2012
1480834348191 2013
1516778572468.2 2014
1320386910617.2 2015
1342707789872 2016
1479076878497.6 2017
1637908324009.4 2018
1601983696172.6 2019
1464521566502.7 2020
1791904793081.4 2021
1998630503597.3 2022
Germany | 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
Federal Republic of Germany
Records
63
Source