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