Jamaica | 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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source
Jamaica | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
265999893.60004 1960
261799895.28004 1961
271599891.36004 1962
281399887.44004 1963
349999860.00006 1964
358399856.64006 1965
393399842.64006 1966
422531127.15011 1967
455999635.20029 1968
517679585.85633 1969
525600210.24008 1970
630401944.27967 1971
770072707.37237 1972
783909574.46809 1973
1090321090.3211 1974
1304711304.7113 1975
1123871123.8711 1976
922350922.35092 1977
987222432.13907 1978
1227859821.462 1979
1367560653.8604 1980
1662493965.4882 1981
1602036577.5617 1982
1557278452.679 1983
1462360264.421 1984
1379728375.5967 1985
1263966992.0569 1986
1520814038.8327 1987
1829425309.4713 1988
2308098659.5858 1989
2382299630.082 1990
2110239656.6488 1991
2235110185.8425 1992
2108459209.0522 1993
3045100768.3537 1994
3708143137.7626 1995
3879895337.1158 1996
4065249732.4702 1997
4045800273.5978 1998
4016518286.5058 1999
4567635283.3617 2000
4529651873.7941 2001
4770556772.3953 2002
4860075377.4527 2003
5267839051.4599 2004
6208262059.933 2005
7231367529.42 2006
7873767551.8797 2007
9820605948.8838 2008
6351790085.6166 2009
6555427346.5252 2010
7721134727.0979 2011
7678417130.4405 2012
7514909452.8218 2013
7434187525.9421 2014
6554700911.0239 2015
6284261866.226 2016
7236574975.6831 2017
8087838913.9694 2018
8243796794.1628 2019
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Jamaica | Imports of goods and services (current US$)

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
Jamaica
Records
63
Source