Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source
Tunisia | Imports of goods and services (current US$)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 142666666.66667
1966 140380952.38095
1967 157714285.71429
1968 131809523.80952
1969 163428571.42857
1970 356190476.19048
1971 411728821.20872
1972 553572439.17725
1973 721306653.76332
1974 1142018015.7065
1975 1424924241.8593
1976 1533438283.482
1977 1942191142.1911
1978 2312030391.3535
1979 3017010200.2155
1980 3987404297.3574
1981 4200654510.6965
1982 3858557916.46
1983 3567350799.317
1984 3659087603.1271
1985 3207085474.3462
1986 3363856987.5911
1987 3472947957.0681
1988 4205855883.1621
1989 4814704404.5165
1990 6219545454.5455
1991 5925543478.2609
1992 7200545434.1934
1993 7006979980.9114
1994 7483930665.0955
1995 8800888230.94
1996 8542152930.7341
1997 8586157257.204
1998 9039408109.9475
1999 9160319500.9379
2000 9214092536.3487
2001 10312550175.052
2002 10311289109.84
2003 11779584588.71
2004 13947699939.059
2005 14625418037.001
2006 16470689881.858
2007 20617813288.714
2008 26328377735.683
2009 20848790061.284
2010 24115551348.33
2011 26011487992.112
2012 26323059148.776
2013 26321908980.229
2014 26724314135.509
2015 22362683999.235
2016 21646548260.665
2017 22805583971.398
2018 24922974973.809
2019 23253214505.153
2020 19348319097.355
2021 23844189249.685
2022 28419755869.754

Tunisia | 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
Tunisian Republic
Records
63
Source