India | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source
India | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
6.83367666 1960
5.9575764 1961
6.0318149 1962
5.90683446 1963
5.68499775 1964
5.21156159 1965
6.67168685 1966
5.94661767 1967
4.94297347 1968
4.03093382 1969
3.87894428 1970
4.00240134 1971
3.70891034 1972
4.72333283 1973
6.02056925 1974
6.64691606 1975
6.11469021 1976
6.26492932 1977
6.58818661 1978
8.16916637 1979
9.24502572 1980
8.57123814 1981
8.1426279 1982
7.85296446 1983
7.72597455 1984
7.6454812 1985
7.02305024 1986
6.98023315 1987
7.45523036 1988
8.15200181 1989
8.45291128 1990
8.49348578 1991
9.59017212 1992
9.81732233 1993
10.19005946 1994
12.02348067 1995
11.5443186 1996
11.92866955 1997
12.6810009 1998
13.36353343 1999
13.9036866 2000
13.43487512 2001
15.24427901 2002
15.64452227 2003
19.6446891 2004
22.39642292 2005
24.45653908 2006
24.88656893 2007
29.27086318 2008
25.87235027 2009
26.85427325 2010
31.08346869 2011
31.25929106 2012
28.41327065 2013
25.95422274 2014
22.10972471 2015
20.9242508 2016
21.95073212 2017
23.68914073 2018
21.24113863 2019
19.098878 2020
24.1532946 2021
26.4428201 2022
India | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Republic of India
Records
63
Source