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Somalia

Somalia Imports Stats

Definitions

  • Commercial service imports > Current US$: Commercial service imports are total service imports minus imports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies."
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Imports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Current US$: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
  • Merchandise imports from high-income economies > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
  • Ores and scrap metal imports > % of merchandise imports: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals)."
  • Services: Services (previously nonfactor services) refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
  • Spending on imports: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments."
STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Commercial service imports > Current US$ $122.04 million 1989 109th out of 141
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.429 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1989 66th out of 173
Imports of goods and services 21.93 million 2012 202nd out of 203
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Current US$ $1.02 billion 2009 153th out of 180
Merchandise imports from high-income economies > % of total merchandise imports 14.08% 2009 173th out of 177
Ores and scrap metal imports > % of merchandise imports 0.44% 1982 96th out of 104
Services 122.04 million 1989 109th out of 141
Spending on imports 37.74 1990 68th out of 161

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; World Development Indicators database; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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