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Imports of goods and services — Papua New Guinea

Imports of goods and services in Papua New Guinea in 2004 — 2,313,836,701 US$. Ranked 121 in the world out of 172. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3,259.2%.

2004 2.31B US$ +21.09% vs 2003
World rank 121of 172
Period maximum 2.5B US$1996
Period minimum 68.88M US$1961

Trend over time

1961–2004 · US$

Imports of goods and services — Papua New Guinea, 1961–200401B2B3B19611966197119761981198619911996200120041961: 68,880,011 US$1962: 72,912,012 US$1963: 85,456,014 US$1964: 104,720,017 US$1965: 130,704,021 US$1966: 156,912,025 US$1967: 175,056,028 US$1968: 194,432,031 US$1969: 253,008,040 US$1970: 348,208,056 US$1971: 418,007,993 US$1972: 414,352,024 US$1973: 452,341,666 US$1974: 584,641,851 US$1975: 626,265,720 US$1976: 616,543,497 US$1977: 759,153,307 US$1978: 884,719,822 US$1979: 1,045,722,065 US$1980: 1,357,486,445 US$1981: 1,467,531,246 US$1982: 1,432,986,033 US$1983: 1,369,617,268 US$1984: 1,356,627,218 US$1985: 1,270,800,968 US$1986: 1,359,873,236 US$1987: 1,561,627,340 US$1988: 1,898,384,528 US$1989: 1,870,639,977 US$1990: 1,575,952,825 US$1991: 1,975,315,126 US$1992: 2,000,829,359 US$1993: 1,837,898,712 US$1994: 2,188,351,144 US$1995: 2,026,003,218 US$1996: 2,495,111,002 US$1997: 2,470,798,271 US$1998: 1,849,984,946 US$1999: 1,838,951,201 US$2000: 1,734,030,165 US$2001: 1,609,847,465 US$2002: 1,739,815,379 US$2003: 1,910,762,304 US$2004: 2,313,836,701 US$
Change over the period: +2.24B (+3,259.23%) Average annual rate: 8.52 %

Comparison, 2004

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 2.31B US$
World 11.28T US$
East Asia & Pacific 2.61T US$
Melanesia computed 6.76B US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 505B US$
Imports of goods and services — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2004 2.31B +403M +21.09%
2003 1.91B +171M +9.83%
2002 1.74B +130M +8.07%
2001 1.61B −124M −7.16%
2000 1.73B −105M −5.71%
1999 1.84B −11.03M −0.6%
1998 1.85B −621M −25.13%
1997 2.47B −24.31M −0.97%
1996 2.5B +469M +23.15%
1995 2.03B −162M −7.42%
1994 2.19B +350M +19.07%
1993 1.84B −163M −8.14%
1992 2B +25.51M +1.29%
1991 1.98B +399M +25.34%
1990 1.58B −295M −15.75%
1989 1.87B −27.74M −1.46%
1988 1.9B +337M +21.56%
1987 1.56B +202M +14.84%
1986 1.36B +89.07M +7.01%
1985 1.27B −85.83M −6.33%
1984 1.36B −12.99M −0.95%
1983 1.37B −63.37M −4.42%
1982 1.43B −34.55M −2.35%
1981 1.47B +110M +8.11%
1980 1.36B +312M +29.81%
1979 1.05B +161M +18.2%
1978 885M +126M +16.54%
1977 759M +143M +23.13%
1976 617M −9.72M −1.55%
1975 626M +41.62M +7.12%
1974 585M +132M +29.25%
1973 452M +37.99M +9.17%
1972 414M −3.66M −0.87%
1971 418M +69.8M +20.05%
1970 348M +95.2M +37.63%
1969 253M +58.58M +30.13%
1968 194M +19.38M +11.07%
1967 175M +18.14M +11.56%
1966 157M +26.21M +20.05%
1965 131M +25.98M +24.81%
1964 105M +19.26M +22.54%
1963 85.46M +12.54M +17.2%
1962 72.91M +4.03M +5.85%
1961 68.88M — —

Melanesia, 2004

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

PG Papua New Guinea 2.31B NC New Caledonia 2.16B FJ Fiji 1.92B VU Vanuatu 194M SB Solomon Islands 178M
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About the indicator

Imports of goods and services in current US dollars — the value of all goods and market services received from the rest of the world. Together with exports it determines the contribution of foreign trade to GDP; the difference between exports and imports is the trade balance.

Source: UNCTADstat (UNCTAD), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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The value of goods shipped out and of services provided to non-residents, in US dollars.

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How much a country buys in services abroad — from freight to the trips of its own citizens.

Papua New Guinea by year Trade Trade balance

The difference between exports and imports of goods and services. A minus means imports are larger.

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How far the economy depends on supplies from abroad.

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