Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source
Korea, Rep. | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
473663366.33663 1960
337362180.33731 1961
439230769.23077 1962
584615384.61539 1963
428344229.76833 1964
447070729.51733 1965
715713825.0334 1966
955578712.88538 1967
1385168718.0321 1968
1724037412.4447 1969
1902073637.0082 1970
2279146472.3208 1971
2329125754.4652 1972
3837350563.6273 1973
6508229854.9345 1974
6824793388.4298 1975
8477066115.7025 1976
10717561983.471 1977
15187190082.645 1978
20679752066.116 1979
24257345466.369 1980
27125010810.858 1981
25749428041.257 1982
26351459616.476 1983
27755299848.953 1984
26119629433.806 1985
32876920888.232 1986
41699191859.635 1987
52321611203.11 1988
63102887785.019 1989
72983629293.485 1990
86128609498.314 1991
87768564382.436 1992
91279887096.927 1993
114027977991.79 1994
151502457040.84 1995
169943736945.33 1996
166240403023.6 1997
111015931008.51 1998
135184170949.15 1999
185276192960.39 2000
166684972965.8 2001
179268961271.56 2002
209245744134.3 2003
263821125150.09 2004
308907471189.56 2005
368894013922.43 2006
427797123573.85 2007
501407971186.7 2008
386527844126.15 2009
506599450045.83 2010
654575349793.22 2011
656459355451.12 2012
639537800832.43 2013
635109038410.4 2014
529869468434.79 2015
501960211670.3 2016
587337161918.9 2017
643142886151.54 2018
602460189255.23 2019
537270248786.33 2020
696863687514.08 2021
807909842504.53 2022
Korea, Rep. | 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 Korea
Records
63
Source