Middle East & North Africa | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
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The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa
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63
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Middle East & North Africa | Merchandise exports (current US$)
1960 5345751383.4843
1961 5447956939.4572
1962 5764593759.9223
1963 7173427207.9408
1964 8213519042.2532
1965 8757613325.5207
1966 9523152980.0628
1967 10556230707.593
1968 12164465191.284
1969 13452054793.492
1970 14774714929.611
1971 19930083414.715
1972 21440120403.452
1973 31895147570.326
1974 93891835405.179
1975 86293553729.273
1976 103821806578.62
1977 113780836194.45
1978 112586434010.93
1979 172636206206.02
1980 256112093039.26
1981 243897527085.24
1982 195203593770.94
1983 155611967029.75
1984 144763147867.81
1985 133173839432.68
1986 93381809640.57
1987 111503255520.67
1988 112792849153.38
1989 140312196106.71
1990 174063075928.62
1991 158515807237.69
1992 167720319366.78
1993 160641081592.77
1994 168746382987.52
1995 188092291508.79
1996 223751008375.53
1997 229473517494.75
1998 179594200134.22
1999 226385306479.96
2000 323573772072.9
2001 290625506469.95
2002 303204805976.65
2003 365623342233.71
2004 482359121414.08
2005 654439209153.78
2006 797203336588.59
2007 928416232167.95
2008 1246820607542.2
2009 860480599918.87
2010 1077153372535.7
2011 1433975012772.6
2012 1569735053577.5
2013 1537731688359.7
2014 1413464762525.5
2015 999751702176.01
2016 924831021586.86
2017 1065558052009
2018 1324932706717.4
2019 1222015719913.7
2020 919271840954.14
2021 1335773509757.3
2022 1802981158506
Middle East & North Africa | Merchandise exports (current US$)
Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars. Limitations and exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels. Statistical concept and methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Middle East & North Africa
Records
63
Source