Faroe Islands - Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Faroe Islands was 1,305,757,000 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,305,757,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 150,000,000 in 1982.

Definition: Merchandise exports show the f.o.b. value of goods provided to the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

See also:

Year Value
1980 178,000,000
1981 169,000,000
1982 150,000,000
1983 170,000,000
1984 159,000,000
1985 179,000,000
1986 249,000,000
1987 345,000,000
1988 348,000,000
1989 346,000,000
1990 418,000,000
1991 435,000,000
1992 439,000,000
1993 327,000,000
1994 326,000,000
1995 362,000,000
1996 416,000,000
1997 388,000,000
1998 437,000,000
1999 468,000,000
2000 474,000,000
2001 514,000,000
2002 536,000,000
2003 594,000,000
2004 616,000,000
2005 599,000,000
2006 651,000,000
2007 746,230,000
2008 852,091,000
2009 761,744,000
2010 838,963,000
2011 1,007,684,000
2012 951,985,000
2013 1,087,447,000
2014 1,134,582,000
2015 1,022,985,000
2016 1,191,680,000
2017 1,305,757,000

Limitations and Exceptions: Exports are recorded as the cost of the goods delivered to the frontier of the exporting country for shipment - the free on board (f.o.b.) value. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system exports comprise outward-moving goods that are (a) goods wholly or partly produced in the country; (b) foreign goods, neither transformed nor declared for domestic consumption in the country, that move outward from customs storage; and (c) goods previously included as imports for domestic consumption but subsequently exported without transformation. Under the special system exports comprise categories a and c. In some compilations categories b and c are classified as re-exports. Because of differences in reporting practices, data on exports may not be fully comparable across economies. Data on exports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on imports. In principle, world exports and imports should be identical. Similarly, exports from an economy should equal the sum of imports by the rest of the world from that economy. But differences in timing and definitions result in discrepancies in reported values at all levels.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Merchandise trade data are from customs reports of goods moving into or out of an economy or from reports of financial transactions related to merchandise trade recorded in the balance of payments. Because of differences in timing and definitions, trade flow estimates from customs reports and balance of payments may differ. Several international agencies process trade data, each correcting unreported or misreported data, leading to other differences. The data on total exports of goods (merchandise) are from the World Trade Organization (WTO), which obtains data from national statistical offices and the IMF's International Financial Statistics, supplemented by the Comtrade database and publications or databases of regional organizations, specialized agencies, economic groups, and private sources (such as Eurostat, the Food and Agriculture Organization, and country reports of the Economist Intelligence Unit). Country websites and email contact have improved collection of up-to-date statistics, reducing the proportion of estimates. The WTO database now covers most major traders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, which together with high-income countries account for nearly 95 percent of world trade. Reliability of data for countries in Europe and Central Asia has also improved.

Aggregation method: Gap-filled total

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports