Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source
Venezuela, RB | Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
18.14849441 1960
16.94012729 1961
16.90397968 1962
15.18268813 1963
17.98804613 1964
19.13698088 1965
17.1419172 1966
17.43591592 1967
19.50171631 1968
19.86258453 1969
18.78635272 1970
18.96729144 1971
19.9824396 1972
19.1548469 1973
18.53743073 1974
24.99153246 1975
28.8650225 1976
35.0517 1977
37.2628061 1978
28.41525583 1979
24.74408047 1980
24.90403495 1981
28.00723045 1982
13.02500585 1983
17.55222914 1984
16.89089192 1985
19.70897762 1986
22.06606349 1987
26.41741566 1988
20.4064856 1989
19.53190091 1990
25.37945779 1991
27.97464978 1992
26.30291738 1993
21.57873757 1994
21.11108058 1995
20.63812191 1996
21.9860258 1997
22.67890645 1998
19.15852158 1999
18.11300189 2000
19.40563645 2001
18.1421401 2002
16.72361797 2003
19.16910204 2004
20.46867701 2005
22.14696995 2006
25.06855662 2007
21.00734337 2008
20.44941079 2009
17.60648654 2010
19.69510699 2011
24.23255313 2012
29.51278296 2013
31.39698618 2014
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Venezuela, RB | 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
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Records
63
Source