South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
4011920278.5972 1960
4020435555.2407 1961
4274319735.625 1962
4782972931.8958 1963
5383305226.4897 1964
5670699371.8045 1965
5491828771.2578 1966
5657196670.9066 1967
5134663146.4426 1968
5053863263.0991 1969
5540438153.6044 1970
5778773849.0273 1971
5326635287.88 1972
7021047890.1721 1973
10518607337.128 1974
12361747499.593 1975
12229381105.722 1976
13426492387.284 1977
16237006482.557 1978
21776447894.769 1979
29484407354.385 1980
29161808217.715 1981
29317274767.994 1982
29818488342.908 1983
29327381999.351 1984
31499802045.03 1985
30332166894.885 1986
32764506030.131 1987
37450281030.065 1988
40661366352.846 1989
44631144235.327 1990
40891672792.692 1991
47969247399.137 1992
50805135510.041 1993
56328118410.941 1994
71458217395.278 1995
76674829698.4 1996
81230706947.184 1997
83387838403.221 1998
91748901477.722 1999
99009853519.151 2000
99975402157.376 2001
111344728730.58 2002
132631584360.33 2003
184451536788.14 2004
243494381880 2005
302809844927.81 2006
384586702822.19 2007
453375971692.41 2008
440224024798.13 2009
551217960172.63 2010
692083538977.26 2011
704469528495.01 2012
661798271788.07 2013
670072282719.38 2014
607993389804.82 2015
620923215737.3 2016
742143173692.06 2017
828878172279.86 2018
784434406344.57 2019
664852110672.49 2020
944051355516.28 2021
1138424435477.3 2022
South Asia (IDA & IBRD) | 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
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)
Records
63
Source