Pacific island small states - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Pacific island small states was 43.58 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63.42 in 1979 and a minimum value of 38.90 in 1995.

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
1979 63.42
1980 59.42
1981 58.44
1982 60.79
1983 59.80
1984 58.24
1985 57.30
1986 55.29
1987 50.62
1988 55.11
1989 57.08
1990 55.97
1991 50.15
1992 48.63
1993 44.93
1994 41.95
1995 38.90
1996 40.30
1997 39.72
1998 40.46
1999 42.63
2000 46.46
2001 51.13
2002 54.96
2003 56.63
2004 55.52
2005 53.95
2006 54.31
2007 54.06
2008 55.80
2009 49.63
2010 54.44
2011 53.76
2012 51.97
2013 53.73
2014 51.96
2015 51.89
2016 49.21
2017 48.84
2018 49.95
2019 45.33
2020 43.58

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports