North America - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in North America was 16.82 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 49.84 in 1980 and a minimum value of 16.82 in 2020.

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
1970 42.47
1971 42.35
1972 42.30
1973 45.28
1974 48.98
1975 46.70
1976 47.30
1977 49.05
1978 48.25
1979 49.40
1980 49.84
1981 49.46
1982 41.66
1983 42.97
1984 36.96
1985 36.73
1986 35.67
1987 33.96
1988 33.74
1989 33.82
1990 34.10
1991 33.01
1992 31.79
1993 31.79
1994 31.60
1995 31.48
1996 30.02
1997 30.03
1998 29.25
1999 26.40
2000 27.36
2001 26.48
2002 25.17
2003 25.78
2004 26.48
2005 27.01
2006 25.26
2007 24.04
2008 23.76
2009 20.36
2010 21.91
2011 22.31
2012 22.26
2013 21.28
2014 21.17
2015 20.73
2016 18.96
2017 18.66
2018 20.42
2019 19.85
2020 16.82

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports