Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source
Japan | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
19572635780.556 1970
20867004112.323 1971
25436329221.813 1972
41807597571.16 1973
66503972918.61 1974
64302596002.19 1975
72270446349.297 1976
79894824196.492 1977
91906326825.91 1978
127175652404.85 1979
155866963510.76 1980
164658527096.28 1981
151713508328.96 1982
146249637386.29 1983
157511814670.19 1984
149721341618.32 1985
150490328139.48 1986
181576008987.99 1987
233782306438.39 1988
267623386902.71 1989
295830930469.47 1990
297072083274.25 1991
298544112851.59 1992
308939565351.11 1993
348440138619.56 1994
420000722945.88 1995
440058798059.55 1996
422282171634.4 1997
353663297055.2 1998
385717972939.28 1999
452064900176.77 2000
414845357770.87 2001
401205059495.33 2002
445643407643.17 2003
532277504089.91 2004
599781161368.99 2005
660752902210.07 2006
711118565477.88 2007
862718956651.3 2008
633184104751.41 2009
782080174983.16 2010
961182364174.19 2011
1007099152148.4 2012
948362884511.71 2013
980024678767.84 2014
799671850411.58 2015
763174802438.92 2016
829947425329.1 2017
922228472388.62 2018
908591904960.75 2019
798645128766.75 2020
937984913930.36 2021
1075039536855.3 2022
Japan | 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
State of Japan
Records
63
Source