Benin - Commercial service imports

Commercial service imports (current US$)

The value for Commercial service imports (current US$) in Benin was 488,396,200 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 500,009,800 in 2008 and a minimum value of 35,898,760 in 1974.

Definition: 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.

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

See also:

Year Value
1974 35,898,760
1975 52,609,990
1976 55,116,020
1977 65,573,190
1978 75,539,810
1979 86,037,320
1980 97,363,900
1981 132,546,300
1982 123,719,500
1983 82,686,460
1984 83,429,330
1985 102,389,900
1986 107,708,200
1987 126,107,800
1988 110,818,900
1989 103,508,000
1990 113,412,800
1991 169,361,000
1992 156,731,700
1993 149,246,800
1994 155,471,100
1995 235,180,800
1996 188,737,200
1997 170,039,800
1998 191,405,500
1999 213,458,200
2000 186,351,700
2001 185,597,300
2002 203,042,200
2003 243,814,400
2004 273,445,300
2005 267,144,100
2006 342,205,800
2007 490,979,200
2008 500,009,800
2009 488,396,200

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports