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Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 0.318 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.573 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from economies in the Arab World. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.573
1963	0.069
1967	0.042
1982	0.007
1983	0.001
1984	0.132
1985	0.019
1986	0.009
1987	0.009
1988	0.009
1989	0.009
1990	0.005
1991	0.006
1992	0.031
1993	0.044
1997	0.061
1998	0.160
1999	0.078
2000	0.313
2001	0.360
2002	0.031
2003	0.129
2004	0.074
2005	0.094
2006	0.087
2007	0.050
2008	0.028
2009	0.056
2010	0.087
2011	0.070
2012	0.520
2013	0.112
2014	0.130
2015	0.183
2016	0.166
2017	0.194
2018	0.258
2019	0.231
2020	0.318

Merchandise imports (current US$)

The value for Merchandise imports (current US$) in Dominican Republic was 17,047,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,268,000,000 in 2019 and a minimum value of 80,000,000 in 1961.

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.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	100,000,000
1961	80,000,000
1962	148,000,000
1963	184,000,000
1964	221,000,000
1965	97,000,000
1966	181,000,000
1967	197,000,000
1968	222,000,000
1969	246,000,000
1970	304,000,000
1971	358,000,000
1972	388,000,000
1973	489,000,000
1974	808,000,000
1975	889,000,000
1976	878,000,000
1977	975,000,000
1978	987,000,000
1979	1,213,000,000
1980	1,964,000,000
1981	1,951,000,000
1982	1,693,000,000
1983	1,699,000,000
1984	1,645,000,000
1985	1,787,000,000
1986	2,009,000,000
1987	2,419,000,000
1988	2,630,000,000
1989	3,216,000,000
1990	3,006,000,000
1991	3,054,000,000
1992	3,859,000,000
1993	4,654,000,000
1994	4,903,000,000
1995	5,170,000,000
1996	5,727,000,000
1997	6,609,000,000
1998	7,597,000,000
1999	8,041,000,000
2000	9,479,000,000
2001	8,779,000,000
2002	8,838,000,000
2003	7,627,000,000
2004	7,888,000,000
2005	9,869,000,000
2006	12,174,000,000
2007	13,597,000,000
2008	15,993,000,000
2009	12,296,000,000
2010	15,489,000,000
2011	17,409,000,000
2012	17,739,000,000
2013	16,873,000,000
2014	17,273,000,000
2015	16,907,000,000
2016	17,399,000,000
2017	17,734,000,000
2018	20,197,000,000
2019	20,268,000,000
2020	17,047,000,000

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 60.68 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 93.37 in 1961, while its lowest value was 13.65 in 1996.

Definition: 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. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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Year	Value
1960	89.56
1961	93.37
1962	89.41
1963	89.64
1965	91.63
1966	84.44
1967	86.93
1968	85.93
1977	71.76
1978	71.47
1979	69.26
1980	70.48
1981	63.72
1982	60.60
1983	57.98
1984	53.64
1985	58.76
1986	74.18
1987	74.18
1988	74.18
1989	74.18
1990	69.91
1991	73.35
1992	74.76
1993	73.36
1994	25.17
1995	20.53
1996	13.65
1997	75.92
1998	82.75
1999	82.53
2000	78.10
2001	77.75
2002	75.55
2003	74.55
2004	69.15
2005	67.90
2006	66.67
2007	67.23
2008	63.03
2009	68.55
2010	63.59
2011	59.02
2012	63.17
2013	62.75
2014	63.67
2015	63.78
2016	65.19
2017	65.45
2018	64.57
2019	63.81
2020	60.68

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 25.31 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 25.31 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.06 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in other World Bank regions according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	1.72
1961	0.86
1962	0.31
1963	0.83
1967	1.91
1968	0.80
1977	0.14
1978	0.31
1979	0.30
1980	0.39
1981	0.12
1982	0.24
1983	0.06
1984	0.16
1985	0.45
1986	0.41
1987	0.41
1988	0.41
1989	0.41
1990	0.54
1991	1.11
1992	1.25
1993	2.25
1997	1.34
1998	2.30
1999	1.66
2000	3.11
2001	3.29
2002	2.27
2003	2.96
2004	4.11
2005	3.74
2006	5.19
2007	5.03
2008	5.69
2009	3.17
2010	8.52
2011	12.39
2012	12.07
2013	13.43
2014	14.88
2015	17.53
2016	16.36
2017	17.87
2018	20.00
2019	21.06
2020	25.31

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 20.79 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 20.79 in 2020, while its lowest value was 0.01 in 1977.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia and Pacific are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the East Asia and Pacific region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.23
1961	0.14
1962	0.31
1963	0.05
1967	0.12
1977	0.01
1978	0.05
1979	0.04
1980	0.02
1981	0.02
1982	0.02
1983	0.04
1984	0.03
1985	0.16
1986	0.15
1987	0.15
1988	0.15
1989	0.15
1990	0.29
1991	0.85
1992	1.17
1993	1.83
1997	1.00
1998	1.39
1999	0.88
2000	1.95
2001	1.94
2002	1.69
2003	2.28
2004	2.17
2005	2.79
2006	3.82
2007	4.31
2008	3.68
2009	2.05
2010	7.19
2011	11.27
2012	10.81
2013	12.07
2014	12.89
2015	14.82
2016	14.55
2017	14.56
2018	15.58
2019	16.78
2020	20.79

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 1.35 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 1.46 in 2015, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1981.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1981	0.00
1983	0.00
1985	0.00
1986	0.00
1987	0.00
1988	0.00
1989	0.00
1990	0.00
1993	0.02
1997	0.15
1998	0.53
1999	0.41
2000	0.43
2001	0.48
2002	0.33
2003	0.27
2004	0.27
2005	0.22
2006	0.82
2007	0.17
2008	1.35
2009	0.31
2010	0.36
2011	0.32
2012	0.39
2013	0.39
2014	0.95
2015	1.46
2016	0.60
2017	0.86
2018	1.10
2019	1.01
2020	1.35

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 12.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.69 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.72 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	1.49
1961	0.72
1962	0.86
1963	0.73
1967	2.06
1968	3.33
1977	6.71
1978	5.25
1979	4.33
1980	3.13
1981	8.96
1982	16.77
1983	16.48
1984	17.26
1985	13.59
1986	12.26
1987	12.26
1988	12.26
1989	12.26
1990	11.16
1991	12.19
1992	13.60
1993	14.33
1994	3.42
1995	3.72
1996	3.72
1997	6.79
1998	8.91
1999	7.33
2000	8.30
2001	9.78
2002	11.75
2003	16.73
2004	17.45
2005	18.44
2006	18.69
2007	18.37
2008	18.05
2009	18.02
2010	17.55
2011	18.06
2012	17.04
2013	17.00
2014	14.87
2015	15.64
2016	17.29
2017	14.98
2018	13.78
2019	13.48
2020	12.49

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 0.219 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 0.573 in 1960, while its lowest value was 0.001 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East and North Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Middle East and North Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.573
1963	0.069
1967	0.042
1977	0.001
1979	0.001
1982	0.007
1983	0.001
1984	0.077
1985	0.004
1986	0.009
1987	0.009
1988	0.009
1989	0.009
1990	0.005
1991	0.006
1992	0.031
1993	0.044
1997	0.040
1998	0.119
1999	0.062
2000	0.292
2001	0.343
2002	0.020
2003	0.121
2004	0.066
2005	0.085
2006	0.052
2007	0.044
2008	0.022
2009	0.038
2010	0.042
2011	0.034
2012	0.063
2013	0.065
2014	0.054
2015	0.074
2016	0.068
2017	0.097
2018	0.147
2019	0.164
2020	0.219

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 1.01 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 1.19 in 2017, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1983.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	0.92
1961	0.72
1963	0.72
1967	0.46
1968	0.43
1977	0.09
1978	0.06
1979	0.12
1980	0.02
1981	0.01
1982	0.01
1983	0.00
1984	0.02
1985	0.06
1986	0.02
1987	0.02
1988	0.02
1989	0.02
1990	0.02
1991	0.03
1992	0.05
1993	0.04
1997	0.07
1998	0.19
1999	0.24
2000	0.38
2001	0.49
2002	0.20
2003	0.23
2004	1.04
2005	0.50
2006	0.42
2007	0.40
2008	0.55
2009	0.66
2010	0.79
2011	0.70
2012	0.76
2013	0.79
2014	0.90
2015	1.07
2016	1.05
2017	1.19
2018	1.13
2019	1.07
2020	1.01

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 1.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 53 years was 2.05 in 2018, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1992.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to the World Bank classification of economies. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1967	1.28
1968	0.37
1977	0.03
1978	0.20
1979	0.14
1980	0.34
1981	0.09
1982	0.20
1983	0.02
1984	0.04
1985	0.22
1986	0.22
1987	0.22
1988	0.22
1989	0.22
1990	0.23
1991	0.24
1992	0.00
1993	0.32
1997	0.07
1998	0.08
1999	0.07
2000	0.04
2001	0.04
2002	0.03
2003	0.05
2004	0.56
2005	0.14
2006	0.08
2007	0.11
2008	0.09
2009	0.11
2010	0.14
2011	0.08
2012	0.06
2013	0.11
2014	0.09
2015	0.11
2016	0.10
2017	1.16
2018	2.05
2019	2.04
2020	1.95

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 1.52 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.62 in 1996, while its lowest value was 1.15 in 2016.

Definition: 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. 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	7.22
1961	5.04
1962	9.41
1963	8.80
1965	8.37
1966	15.56
1967	9.10
1968	9.95
1977	21.39
1978	22.97
1979	26.11
1980	26.01
1981	27.20
1982	22.40
1983	25.47
1984	28.94
1985	27.21
1986	13.15
1987	13.15
1988	13.15
1989	13.15
1990	18.38
1991	13.34
1992	10.39
1993	10.06
1994	71.40
1995	75.75
1996	82.62
1997	15.96
1998	6.04
1999	8.48
2000	10.49
2001	9.19
2002	10.43
2003	5.76
2004	9.29
2005	9.92
2006	9.46
2007	9.37
2008	13.23
2009	10.27
2010	10.34
2011	10.53
2012	7.72
2013	6.82
2014	6.58
2015	3.05
2016	1.15
2017	1.70
2018	1.65
2019	1.66
2020	1.52

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

The latest value for Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in Dominican Republic was $21,367,490,000 as of 2020. Over the past 60 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between $24,533,210,000 in 2019 and $58,000,000 in 1962.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	$95,920,000
1961	$76,340,000
1962	$58,000,000
1963	$175,060,000
1965	$87,770,000
1966	$111,710,000
1967	$192,070,000
1968	$217,670,000
1977	$925,730,000
1978	$941,920,000
1979	$1,161,240,000
1980	$1,573,700,000
1981	$1,556,020,000
1982	$1,375,220,000
1983	$1,405,450,000
1984	$1,382,710,000
1985	$1,415,090,000
1986	$1,504,160,000
1987	$1,721,500,000
1988	$1,768,800,000
1989	$2,171,070,000
1990	$2,194,108,000
1991	$2,308,496,000
1992	$2,726,744,000
1993	$3,067,073,000
1994	$5,129,568,000
1995	$5,445,760,000
1996	$6,304,470,000
1997	$7,624,728,000
1998	$8,352,782,000
1999	$8,844,035,000
2000	$10,057,960,000
2001	$9,315,994,000
2002	$9,364,946,000
2003	$8,087,898,000
2004	$8,363,275,000
2005	$10,458,020,000
2006	$12,884,650,000
2007	$14,389,060,000
2008	$16,960,270,000
2009	$13,050,210,000
2010	$16,438,420,000
2011	$18,480,930,000
2012	$18,570,400,000
2013	$17,569,230,000
2014	$18,936,290,000
2015	$18,497,290,000
2016	$18,967,120,000
2017	$20,805,910,000
2018	$23,634,230,000
2019	$24,533,210,000
2020	$21,367,490,000

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports) in Dominican Republic was 12.49 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 18.69 in 2006, while its lowest value was 0.72 in 1961.

Definition: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from other low- and middle-income economies in the same World Bank region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are 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. No figures are shown for high-income economies, because they are a separate category in the World Bank classification of economies.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

See also:

Year	Value
1960	1.49
1961	0.72
1962	0.86
1963	0.73
1967	2.06
1968	3.33
1977	6.71
1978	5.25
1979	4.33
1980	3.13
1981	8.96
1982	16.77
1983	16.48
1984	17.26
1985	13.59
1986	12.26
1987	12.26
1988	12.26
1989	12.26
1990	11.16
1991	12.19
1992	13.60
1993	14.33
1994	3.42
1995	3.72
1996	3.72
1997	6.79
1998	8.91
1999	7.33
2000	8.30
2001	9.78
2002	11.75
2003	16.73
2004	17.45
2005	18.44
2006	18.69
2007	18.37
2008	18.05
2009	18.02
2010	17.55
2011	18.06
2012	17.04
2013	17.00
2014	14.87
2015	15.64
2016	17.29
2017	14.98
2018	13.78
2019	13.48
2020	12.49

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports