United States - Imports of goods and services (current LCU)

The value for Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in United States was 2,774,600,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,129,700,000,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 55,760,000,000 in 1970.

Definition: Imports of goods and services represent the value of all goods and other market services received from the rest of the world. They include the value of merchandise, freight, insurance, transport, travel, royalties, license fees, and other services, such as communication, construction, financial, information, business, personal, and government services. They exclude compensation of employees and investment income (formerly called factor services) and transfer payments. Data are in current local currency.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

Year Value
1970 55,760,000,000
1971 62,342,000,000
1972 74,216,000,000
1973 91,159,000,000
1974 127,465,000,000
1975 122,730,000,000
1976 151,146,000,000
1977 182,443,000,000
1978 212,250,000,000
1979 252,674,000,000
1980 293,828,000,000
1981 317,758,000,000
1982 303,184,000,000
1983 328,638,000,000
1984 405,107,000,000
1985 417,229,000,000
1986 452,867,000,000
1987 508,713,000,000
1988 553,993,000,000
1989 591,031,000,000
1990 629,727,000,000
1991 623,544,000,000
1992 667,791,000,000
1993 719,973,000,000
1994 813,424,000,000
1995 902,572,000,000
1996 963,966,000,000
1997 1,055,770,000,000
1998 1,115,690,000,000
1999 1,252,460,000,000
2000 1,477,180,000,000
2001 1,403,560,000,000
2002 1,437,720,000,000
2003 1,557,120,000,000
2004 1,810,500,000,000
2005 2,041,480,000,000
2006 2,256,620,000,000
2007 2,395,230,000,000
2008 2,576,150,000,000
2009 2,001,930,000,000
2010 2,389,560,000,000
2011 2,695,480,000,000
2012 2,769,320,000,000
2013 2,766,380,000,000
2014 2,887,450,000,000
2015 2,794,850,000,000
2016 2,738,360,000,000
2017 2,923,690,000,000
2018 3,129,700,000,000
2019 3,115,990,000,000
2020 2,774,600,000,000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts