National Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Income and by Expenditure Accounts

International imports of goods of economy, category

International imports of goods refers to the receipt by non-residents (abroad) arising out of transactions of goods by sales, barter, gifts or grants from residents. Goods are physical, produced objects for which a demand exists, over which ownership rights can be established and whose ownership can be transferred from one institutional unit to another by engaging in transactions on markets.

Economy refers to the entire set of resident institutional units. It is divided into sectors that consists of groups of resident institutional units. An institutional unit is resident in a country when it has a centre of economic interest in the economic territory of that country. It is said to have a centre of economic interest when there exists some location - dwelling, place of production or other premises - within the economic territory on, or from, which it engages, and intends to continue to engage, in economic activities and transactions on a significant scale either indefinitely or over a finite period of time.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Variant of NAPCS 2007 - Merchandise import and export accounts
  Data tables

  • Contributions to percent change in real exports and imports of goods and services Table: 380-0105
  • Exports and imports of goods and services Table: 380-0070