Uruguay | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source
Uruguay | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
18.62068966 1960
14.77272727 1961
14.43298969 1962
12.01716738 1963
11.34328358 1964
11.47540984 1965
11.48717949 1966
13.17829457 1967
12.20568336 1968
12.13035607 1969
15.20754717 1970
11.43349612 1971
14.89416624 1972
9.50559152 1973
16.89074882 1974
20.27809379 1975
20.07877267 1976
22.65854233 1977
21.15458089 1978
21.16702346 1979
20.63142597 1980
19.03134644 1981
17.2907916 1982
23.60386556 1983
21.37545371 1984
21.10004345 1985
20.26865098 1986
19.20594969 1987
17.73592505 1988
17.69969274 1989
18.09634874 1990
17.86123644 1991
19.62546881 1992
19.55895091 1993
20.38202333 1994
19.10086203 1995
19.85845666 1996
20.24854936 1997
19.22010482 1998
18.28879586 1999
20.01563921 2000
19.50485337 2001
19.40739483 2002
24.32677945 2003
29.36439248 2004
28.47367651 2005
31.67407011 2006
30.11996059 2007
35.00507104 2008
26.29520351 2009
25.35604266 2010
26.82488459 2011
29.14152474 2012
26.36471005 2013
25.54496245 2014
22.85038956 2015
21.53885286 2016
20.44679477 2017
21.41613779 2018
21.74690826 2019
20.80864526 2020
23.93429664 2021
25.86930525 2022
Uruguay | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
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. 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
Eastern Republic of Uruguay
Records
63
Source