Samoa - Transport services imports

Transport services (% of commercial service imports)

The value for Transport services (% of commercial service imports) in Samoa was 35.31 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 73.58 in 1998 and a minimum value of 27.87 in 1999.

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
1977 64.50
1978 62.05
1979 59.49
1980 54.23
1981 56.17
1982 52.12
1983 56.39
1984 56.99
1985 65.47
1986 58.34
1987 62.32
1988 58.71
1989 58.58
1990 41.59
1991 50.38
1992 44.39
1993 47.43
1994 53.32
1995 46.13
1996 42.94
1997 49.12
1998 73.58
1999 27.87
2004 49.21
2005 42.78
2006 54.08
2007 48.90
2008 53.88
2009 50.00
2010 59.63
2011 66.89
2012 50.18
2013 54.90
2014 45.68
2015 44.78
2016 37.66
2017 35.67
2018 47.78
2019 39.30
2020 35.31

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Imports