Afghanistan - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Afghanistan was 85.90 as of 1989. As the graph below shows, over the past 10 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.35 in 1986 and a minimum value of 60.52 in 1979.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1979 60.52
1980 74.00
1981 75.56
1982 81.87
1983 81.60
1984 84.20
1985 82.56
1986 86.35
1987 80.00
1988 86.22
1989 85.90

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports