Economy > Trade > Imports Stats: compare key data on Bermuda & Canada
Definitions
- Commodities: A rank ordering of imported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
- Food imports > % of merchandise imports: Food imports (% of merchandise imports). Food comprises the commodities in SITC sections 0 (food and live animals), 1 (beverages and tobacco), and 4 (animal and vegetable oils and fats) and SITC division 22 (oil seeds, oil nuts, and oil kernels).
- Imports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
- Imports of goods and services per capita: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Current US$: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
- Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Residual > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy residuals are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database, less the sum of imports by the reporting economy from high-, low-, and middle-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Includes trade with unspecified partners or with economies not covered by World Bank classification. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy."
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports from high-income economies are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from high-income economies according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
- Merchandise imports from third world economies in East Asia and Pacific > % of total merchandise imp: Merchandise imports from third world economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from third world economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
- Merchandise imports from third world economies in Middle East and North Africa > % of total merchand: Merchandise imports from third world economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from third world economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
- Merchandise imports from third world economies outside region > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports from third world economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other third world economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
- Ores and scrap metal imports > % of merchandise imports: Ores and metals comprise commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals)."
- Partners: A rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
- Per $ GDP: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
- Per capita: This entry provides the total US dollar amount of merchandise imports on a c.i.f. (cost, insurance, and freight) or f.o.b. (free on board) basis. These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Spending on imports: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments."
- Merchandise imports from third world economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports from third world economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from third world economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
- Merchandise imports from third world economies in Sub-Saharan Africa > % of total merchandise import: Merchandise imports from third world economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from third world economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank staff estimates; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.; World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.