Grenada - Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Grenada was 393,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 470,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 9,000,000 in 1960.

Definition: Merchandise imports show the c.i.f. value of goods received from the rest of the world valued in current U.S. dollars.

Source: World Trade Organization.

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Year Value
1960 9,000,000
1961 9,000,000
1962 9,000,000
1963 9,000,000
1964 10,000,000
1965 11,000,000
1966 13,000,000
1967 14,000,000
1968 13,000,000
1969 17,000,000
1970 22,000,000
1971 23,000,000
1972 22,000,000
1973 22,000,000
1974 18,000,000
1975 24,000,000
1976 25,000,000
1977 32,000,000
1978 36,000,000
1979 44,000,000
1980 50,000,000
1981 54,000,000
1982 56,000,000
1983 57,000,000
1984 56,000,000
1985 69,000,000
1986 84,000,000
1987 89,000,000
1988 92,000,000
1989 99,000,000
1990 105,000,000
1991 121,000,000
1992 107,000,000
1993 118,000,000
1994 119,000,000
1995 124,000,000
1996 152,000,000
1997 173,000,000
1998 200,000,000
1999 202,000,000
2000 239,000,000
2001 212,000,000
2002 199,000,000
2003 254,000,000
2004 233,000,000
2005 328,000,000
2006 299,000,000
2007 365,000,000
2008 363,000,000
2009 282,000,000
2010 318,000,000
2011 336,000,000
2012 341,000,000
2013 368,000,000
2014 340,000,000
2015 372,000,000
2016 351,000,000
2017 420,000,000
2018 467,000,000
2019 470,000,000
2020 393,000,000

Limitations and Exceptions: The value of imports is generally recorded as the cost of the goods when purchased by the importer plus the cost of transport and insurance to the frontier of the importing country - the cost, insurance, and freight (c.i.f.) value, corresponding to the landed cost at the point of entry of foreign goods into the country. A few countries collect import data on a free on board (f.o.b.) basis and adjust them for freight and insurance costs. Countries may report trade according to the general or special system of trade. Under the general system imports include goods imported for domestic consumption and imports into bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Under the special system imports comprise goods imported for domestic consumption (including transformation and repair) and withdrawals for domestic consumption from bonded warehouses and free trade zones. Goods transported through a country en route to another are excluded. Data on imports of goods are derived from the same sources as data on exports. 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 imports 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: Imports