Iraq | 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
Republic of Iraq
Records
63
Source
Iraq | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
662479735.00811 1970
888826025.45969 1971
883748873.5356 1972
1263453284.9125 1973
3636302065.6959 1974
5729766339.316 1975
6376227565.1879 1976
8100575685.7433 1977
7520487639.6884 1978
11784964442.939 1979
16592000000 1980
23561000000 1981
28158000000 1982
13407419354.839 1983
13923870967.742 1984
14438709677.419 1985
12495483870.968 1986
14833548387.097 1987
14299677419.355 1988
15055806451.613 1989
13400645161.29 1990
10197886.647454 1991
7412217.4122174 1992
4841348.7760275 1993
2555116.9731395 1994
2014366.321952 1995
1849551.4147688 1996
8792081005.9709 1997
11204358032.866 1998
22379652201.83 1999
24004542302.358 2000
22250988152.675 2001
16198164261.29 2002
16844929683.911 2003
23428329927.55 2004
30669639945.652 2005
25156197952.87 2006
25045843348.07 2007
40441477716.052 2008
43867213978.257 2009
47207400000 2010
51552600000 2011
63439265513.347 2012
65103700000 2013
68617800000 2014
58500390393.632 2015
44116000000 2016
48423565033.784 2017
56839934051.997 2018
72282500000 2019
54262823825.503 2020
50706900000 2021
2022
Iraq | 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
Republic of Iraq
Records
63
Source