Rwanda - Merchandise exports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise exports (current US$) in Rwanda was 1,408,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,408,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 4,000,000 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 4,000,000
1961 5,000,000
1962 6,000,000
1963 4,000,000
1964 12,000,000
1965 14,000,000
1966 12,000,000
1967 14,000,000
1968 15,000,000
1969 14,000,000
1970 25,000,000
1971 22,000,000
1972 19,000,000
1973 33,000,000
1974 36,000,000
1975 42,000,000
1976 80,000,000
1977 92,000,000
1978 72,000,000
1979 118,000,000
1980 72,000,000
1981 82,000,000
1982 91,000,000
1983 121,000,000
1984 145,000,000
1985 131,000,000
1986 189,000,000
1987 114,000,000
1988 108,000,000
1989 88,000,000
1990 110,000,000
1991 93,000,000
1992 66,000,000
1993 66,000,000
1994 41,000,000
1995 54,000,000
1996 60,000,000
1997 88,000,000
1998 60,000,000
1999 60,000,000
2000 52,000,000
2001 86,000,000
2002 65,000,000
2003 63,000,000
2004 98,000,000
2005 125,000,000
2006 147,000,000
2007 177,000,000
2008 268,000,000
2009 235,000,000
2010 297,000,000
2011 464,000,000
2012 591,000,000
2013 703,000,000
2014 723,000,000
2015 682,000,000
2016 731,000,000
2017 1,037,000,000
2018 1,122,000,000
2019 1,241,000,000
2020 1,408,000,000

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