Central African Republic - Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Central African Republic was 125,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 203,000,000 in 2012 and a minimum value of 14,000,000 in 1960.

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.

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Year Value
1960 14,000,000
1961 14,000,000
1962 14,000,000
1963 22,000,000
1964 29,000,000
1965 26,000,000
1966 31,000,000
1967 29,000,000
1968 36,000,000
1969 36,000,000
1970 30,000,000
1971 32,000,000
1972 39,000,000
1973 37,000,000
1974 48,000,000
1975 47,000,000
1976 61,000,000
1977 82,000,000
1978 72,000,000
1979 80,000,000
1980 116,000,000
1981 79,000,000
1982 107,000,000
1983 80,000,000
1984 86,000,000
1985 92,000,000
1986 66,000,000
1987 130,000,000
1988 130,000,000
1989 134,000,000
1990 120,000,000
1991 126,000,000
1992 107,000,000
1993 110,000,000
1994 151,000,000
1995 171,000,000
1996 147,000,000
1997 163,000,000
1998 151,000,000
1999 146,000,000
2000 161,000,000
2001 142,000,000
2002 147,000,000
2003 128,000,000
2004 134,000,000
2005 128,000,000
2006 158,000,000
2007 178,000,000
2008 150,000,000
2009 120,000,000
2010 140,000,000
2011 190,000,000
2012 203,000,000
2013 116,000,000
2014 99,000,000
2015 86,000,000
2016 115,000,000
2017 140,000,000
2018 164,000,000
2019 147,000,000
2020 125,000,000

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