China - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in China was 25.12 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78.90 in 1990 and a minimum value of 18.38 in 2016.

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
1982 66.86
1983 73.53
1984 50.15
1985 67.40
1986 75.06
1987 70.32
1988 68.43
1989 77.02
1990 78.90
1991 63.70
1992 46.98
1993 47.38
1994 48.29
1995 38.67
1996 46.10
1997 35.47
1998 25.05
1999 25.09
2000 28.80
2001 28.87
2002 29.39
2003 33.09
2004 33.92
2005 34.14
2006 34.26
2007 33.48
2008 31.85
2009 29.46
2010 32.90
2011 32.60
2012 30.64
2013 28.63
2014 22.32
2015 19.70
2016 18.38
2017 19.91
2018 20.95
2019 20.95
2020 25.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports