Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source
Madagascar | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 111896638.89035
1961 136359934.86002
1962 135907021.58775
1963 151309643.7961
1964 159917394.15766
1965 166712685.28233
1966 208843980.0205
1967 205672791.09429
1968 235119320.00016
1969 244148323.20103
1970 240001885.06335
1971 252204260.34019
1972 245822788.23552
1973 312077206.73224
1974 387473830.38278
1975 476932068.48321
1976 382361664.28161
1977 472941273.9197
1978 642273689.92489
1979 1052478242.1995
1980 1019609061.89
1981 696934879.0394
1982 617989389.59415
1983 522094424.61446
1984 488824150.106
1985 477012482.64605
1986 508615749.29266
1987 513724261.93221
1988 539406597.51818
1989 521021526.55442
1990 767031802.2195
1991 643923815.76366
1992 693267160.70859
1993 774310221.77285
1994 829101112.75768
1995 936020464.27513
1996 930030558.32542
1997 883747058.53132
1998 920883327.96169
1999 965856215.41191
2000 1095162037.7215
2001 1140139723.0349
2002 1518069983.835
2003 1295939419.5624
2004 1484882131.695
2005 2039652747.1546
2006 2213935049.0455
2007 3316634031.6035
2008 5003293324.9569
2009 4042538711.2114
2010 3593827391.995
2011 3900293293.5002
2012 3574547936.2216
2013 4111627324.1994
2014 4218673808.0722
2015 3717317430.5757
2016 3761002301.534
2017 4538023942.3512
2018 4995646270.8802
2019 4820540217.6801
2020 3767772594.9122
2021 4611346608.6002
2022 6001226673.6499

Madagascar | 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 Madagascar
Records
63
Source