Bangladesh - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Bangladesh was 83.34 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.74 in 2008 and a minimum value of 64.16 in 1994.

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
1976 75.41
1977 77.57
1978 72.29
1979 75.17
1980 69.61
1981 66.67
1982 73.41
1983 77.35
1984 75.61
1985 71.31
1986 66.43
1987 70.23
1988 65.00
1989 64.69
1990 71.05
1991 69.15
1992 69.94
1993 65.54
1994 64.16
1995 65.04
1996 72.50
1997 71.80
1998 72.66
1999 70.86
2000 66.48
2001 72.51
2002 76.36
2003 75.46
2004 77.27
2005 76.80
2006 76.14
2007 80.45
2008 86.74
2009 83.09
2010 83.34

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports