European Union - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in European Union was 20.78 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39.64 in 1976 and a minimum value of 20.39 in 2019.

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
1975 33.93
1976 39.64
1977 38.13
1978 37.44
1979 37.93
1980 37.17
1981 39.06
1982 37.70
1983 37.41
1984 37.49
1985 35.83
1986 33.18
1987 33.37
1988 32.92
1989 33.40
1990 29.86
1991 28.95
1992 26.85
1993 26.38
1994 26.62
1995 26.06
1996 25.36
1997 25.25
1998 23.80
1999 22.82
2000 22.88
2001 22.36
2002 23.11
2003 23.25
2004 23.82
2005 23.34
2006 23.94
2007 24.52
2008 24.70
2009 21.75
2010 23.82
2011 23.70
2012 23.35
2013 22.14
2014 21.31
2015 20.75
2016 20.44
2017 20.63
2018 20.91
2019 20.39
2020 20.78

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports