Italy | 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
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source
Italy | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
16935941759.604 1970
18471501248.439 1971
22528788180.611 1972
31517004317.502 1973
44460726406.669 1974
42506699288.256 1975
47521970225.634 1976
52626622778.144 1977
61718133698.38 1978
83952402703.333 1979
108750386615.42 1980
101717746550.84 1981
95659155332.856 1982
87973944416.114 1983
93843935419.881 1984
97337834905.182 1985
111807780231.2 1986
141632748730.21 1987
156326810473.07 1988
172137694044.6 1989
213356119909.5 1990
209893731855.78 1991
230163868028.28 1992
184878139534.88 1993
204277773775.22 1994
246820753595.63 1995
251644873886.31 1996
253824238290.13 1997
267089327534.29 1998
268274689595.98 1999
284121969413.18 2000
284831774435.39 2001
301961782874.98 2002
360433739169.14 2003
423101431530.04 2004
458978118688.87 2005
526275457690.59 2006
613038536211.26 2007
665513908098.44 2008
506414812169.53 2009
575297398933.33 2010
648865091382.3 2011
569227676736.09 2012
561919570554.75 2013
566733784835.49 2014
490422560813.79 2015
488784062761.87 2016
546761283655.18 2017
605614375522.27 2018
568727083005.49 2019
490179399575.41 2020
643085711644.95 2021
781904725457.4 2022
Italy | 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
Italian Republic
Records
63
Source