Economy > Trade Stats: compare key data on Japan & Virgin Islands
Definitions
- Exports: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis.
- Exports > Commodities: A rank ordering of exported products starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value.
- Exports > Partners: A rank ordering of trading partners starting with the most important; it sometimes includes the percent of total dollar value
- Exports > Per $ GDP: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
- Exports > Per capita: The total US dollar amount of exports on an f.o.b. (free on board) basis. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Imports: 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.
- Imports > 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)."
- Imports > 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.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank staff estimates from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.
