Jamaica - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Jamaica was 43.76 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.08 in 1978 and a minimum value of 33.81 in 2016.

Definition: Transport services (% of commercial service imports) covers all transport services (sea, air, land, internal waterway, space, and pipeline) performed by residents of one economy for those of another and involving the carriage of passengers, movement of goods (freight), rental of carriers with crew, and related support and auxiliary services. Excluded are freight insurance, which is included in insurance services; goods procured in ports by nonresident carriers and repairs of transport equipment, which are included in goods; repairs of railway facilities, harbors, and airfield facilities, which are included in construction services; and rental of carriers without crew, which is included in other services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1976 49.74
1977 56.43
1978 60.08
1979 59.04
1980 57.52
1981 58.97
1982 55.50
1983 55.00
1984 51.27
1985 49.63
1986 50.51
1987 48.05
1988 45.07
1989 49.25
1990 47.87
1991 45.49
1992 46.03
1993 46.72
1994 44.65
1995 46.30
1996 44.14
1997 44.10
1998 44.06
1999 41.50
2000 42.09
2001 41.00
2002 39.59
2003 40.18
2004 38.37
2005 42.83
2006 44.96
2007 44.37
2008 48.33
2009 43.06
2010 41.05
2011 45.43
2012 45.66
2013 45.92
2014 41.90
2015 36.14
2016 33.81
2017 36.46
2018 38.78
2019 36.42
2020 43.76

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports