Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source
Ireland | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1817051597.0516 1970
2033167880.4139 1971
2318300550.7474 1972
3083459386.4557 1973
4151309151.1692 1974
4251090592.3345 1975
4710653835.2675 1976
6049699134.4965 1977
8058103292.0568 1978
11135981624.758 1979
12600904677.132 1980
11905906959.057 1981
10937756539.235 1982
10545460506.998 1983
11057700187.809 1984
11426996751.895 1985
13790559559.135 1986
16385098314.607 1987
18745180563.887 1988
21007093425.605 1989
24812176631.497 1990
25321116744.835 1991
28596733217.205 1992
27904819165.019 1993
33418613663.133 1994
43269876262.626 1995
48476635584.677 1996
53976716809.933 1997
66249969720.758 1998
72598973597.71 1999
80732359631.072 2000
87057826812.069 2001
94222157207.596 2002
108173726852.7 2003
128503187206.66 2004
145449079435.55 2005
164818353012.15 2006
195969710520.94 2007
208530708213.89 2008
189238017275.59 2009
192360346891.28 2010
202164314014.87 2011
196364540025.55 2012
203146561931.5 2013
238755413617.24 2014
272324692117.45 2015
317163209218.34 2016
332970321859.21 2017
363716581750.13 2018
496635809459.93 2019
489130649956.72 2020
480870641555.9 2021
518103178616.14 2022

Ireland | 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 Ireland
Records
63
Source