Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source
Thailand | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960 480790702.42181
1961 519126772.92335
1962 584003831.41762
1963 650552088.33413
1964 730192307.69231
1965 792692307.69231
1966 947403846.15385
1967 1139615384.6154
1968 1257644230.7692
1969 1343125000
1970 1373509615.3846
1971 1387451923.0769
1972 1568843966.5156
1973 2172743953.62
1974 3282633712.3302
1975 3419308121.4051
1976 3856500136.2983
1977 5019533479.8064
1978 5788768870.8107
1979 8019027044.3083
1980 9824991784.4257
1981 10496074713.057
1982 9012215416.6527
1983 10920988398.493
1984 10937559289.336
1985 10091466561.203
1986 10157503647.588
1987 14318700035.564
1988 21214461459.805
1989 27083485882.797
1990 35545811132.9
1991 41756458834.27
1992 45675754074.94
1993 52752864173.15
1994 63084056780.705
1995 81632776746.189
1996 82833928830.661
1997 70306578166.143
1998 48088381967.557
1999 56073604731.582
2000 71358148622.738
2001 68589774463.842
2002 72957610440.371
2003 84013623652.353
2004 106227137281.54
2005 131483811713.19
2006 145055658781.11
2007 160397501826.65
2008 201114263639.02
2009 154464210141.5
2010 207270092301.88
2011 255199302709.36
2012 273216802240.91
2013 274440605888.82
2014 254633174992
2015 229553374316.89
2016 221168950937.55
2017 247430252337
2018 283801450351.97
2019 272916501194.97
2020 231735693026.51
2021 296290378865.9
2022 337366248923.32

Thailand | 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
Kingdom of Thailand
Records
63
Source