Kiribati | 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 Kiribati
Records
63
Source
Kiribati | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
7461077.8443114 1972
12462548.152376 1973
20382539.310021 1974
15320649.690851 1975
14677055.887687 1976
14801097.773958 1977
20888012.370959 1978
25396779.266767 1979
19356807.447589 1980
31026815.212333 1981
27387172.457025 1982
22522218.168223 1983
21939081.314133 1984
14665879.830574 1985
13369216.309909 1986
37110168.186083 1987
36721389.349859 1988
39538287.691652 1989
46836323.442282 1990
45179925.157117 1991
58752335.405332 1992
48280926.993798 1993
45329888.261825 1994
58560465.162824 1995
61039407.197798 1996
61601033.116122 1997
52141311.749762 1998
65163392.367496 1999
62614975.298972 2000
62065477.009396 2001
79866866.822814 2002
84310798.137899 2003
92663956.368514 2004
124477557.00194 2005
94128419.779619 2006
111290365.76876 2007
117432128.42378 2008
115427600.76713 2009
122000552.21303 2010
156787829.9636 2011
172913467.68123 2012
173771507.84433 2013
183889313.05623 2014
182557152.40893 2015
195507926.61985 2016
195438541.09344 2017
170351132.53617 2018
177267124.87322 2019
147961062.15397 2020
202069674.22462 2021
215029299.47616 2022
Kiribati | 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 Kiribati
Records
63
Source