Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source
Hong Kong SAR, China | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961 1254129700.4343
1962 1397230780.6526
1963 1552024945.2467
1964 1778091243.179
1965 1759685863.8744
1966 1977998988.86
1967 2045585036.9726
1968 2304810109.9407
1969 2747800971.5111
1970 3249058279.7361
1971 3811504974.0811
1972 4365038074.6539
1973 6352472554.163
1974 7683864104.0007
1975 7818175149.8987
1976 10141697928.56
1977 12077005577.006
1978 15489145577.6
1979 19899385667.685
1980 25762632978.59
1981 28586774128.505
1982 27222942257.695
1983 27593033993.575
1984 32155666410.847
1985 33515130122.26
1986 39268861139.208
1987 51815984355.464
1988 66398923904.689
1989 73513602772.953
1990 83645559870.342
1991 100109159924.11
1992 122485089301.41
1993 136736171016.46
1994 160441782579.8
1995 189045575311.67
1996 196723691774.28
1997 209984057262.11
1998 186278240070.5
1999 178289784079.92
2000 208788105812.65
2001 200031415290.91
2002 206139006223.56
2003 228648922849.71
2004 268978813559.32
2005 300018399623.62
2006 336797147930.45
2007 371854241351.28
2008 401809952775.41
2009 364443125745.8
2010 456015168678.96
2011 519399152106.89
2012 563913982448.34
2013 609317560598.25
2014 620475947961.87
2015 598687006159.9
2016 592699925923.54
2017 641229533439.41
2018 682055750462.46
2019 639345975716.69
2020 601495384932.71
2021 732177352956.31
2022 683440685127.61

Hong Kong SAR, China | 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
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Records
63
Source