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

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports) in European Union was 0.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 15.04 in 1970, while its lowest value was 0.24 in 2011.

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.

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Year Value
1960 12.54
1961 12.28
1962 12.21
1963 12.57
1964 12.41
1965 12.14
1966 11.85
1967 12.24
1968 13.22
1969 13.59
1970 15.04
1971 14.98
1972 15.01
1973 14.58
1974 13.63
1975 13.78
1976 13.75
1977 13.55
1978 13.70
1979 13.41
1980 13.07
1981 13.33
1982 13.23
1983 13.86
1984 13.63
1985 13.44
1986 13.08
1987 12.43
1988 12.34
1989 11.87
1990 11.14
1991 10.93
1992 9.72
1993 6.78
1994 7.00
1995 7.05
1996 6.86
1997 5.97
1998 5.32
1999 1.06
2000 0.92
2001 0.97
2002 0.63
2003 0.57
2004 0.55
2005 0.44
2006 0.44
2007 0.36
2008 0.39
2009 0.36
2010 0.24
2011 0.24
2012 0.26
2013 0.26
2014 0.27
2015 0.25
2016 0.27
2017 0.32
2018 0.35
2019 0.34
2020 0.32

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports