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Mauritania

Mauritania Imports Stats

Definitions

  • Commercial service imports > Current US$: Commercial service imports are total service imports minus imports of government services not included elsewhere. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993) as the economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. Definitions may vary among reporting economies."
  • Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports: Computer, communications and other services (% of commercial service imports) include such activities as international telecommunications, and postal and courier services; computer data; news-related service transactions between residents and nonresidents; construction services; royalties and license fees; miscellaneous business, professional, and technical services; and personal, cultural, and recreational services."
  • Documents to import > Number: Documents to import (number). All documents required per shipment to import goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.
  • Goods > Services and income: Imports of goods, services and income is the sum of goods (merchandise) imports, imports of (nonfactor) services and income (factor) payments. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
  • Goods and services: Imports of goods and services as a % of GDP, 2000
  • Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP: Imports of goods and services comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 1 $ gross domestic product.
  • Import growth in USD: Import value indexes are the current value of imports (c.i.f.) converted to U.S. dollars and expressed as a percentage of the average for the base period (2000). UNCTAD's import value indexes are reported for most economies. For selected economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import value indexes are derived from import volume indexes (line 73) and corresponding unit value indexes of imports (line 75) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics."
  • Import procedure fees > US$ per container: Cost measures the fees levied on a 20-foot container in U.S. dollars. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import the goods are included. These include costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or trade taxes. Only official costs are recorded."
  • Imports of goods and services: GDP by Type of Expenditure at current prices - US dollars.
  • Insurance and financial services > % of commercial service imports: Insurance and financial services cover freight insurance on goods imported and other direct insurance such as life insurance; financial intermediation services such as commissions, foreign exchange transactions, and brokerage services; and auxiliary services such as financial market operational and regulatory services."
  • Insurance and financial services > % of service imports: Insurance and financial services (% of service imports, BoP) cover various types of insurance provided to nonresidents by resident insurance enterprises and vice versa, and financial intermediary and auxiliary services (except those of insurance enterprises and pension funds) exchanged between residents and nonresidents. Services imports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies."
  • Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Current US$: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars."
  • Merchandise imports from third world economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise imports: Merchandise imports from third world economies in South Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from third world economies in the South Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies as of July 1, 2009. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data."
  • Travel services > % of commercial service imports: Travel services (% of commercial service imports) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers in that economy for their own use during visits of less than one year for business or personal purposes. Travel services include the goods and services consumed by travelers, such as lodging, meals, and transport (within the economy visited)."
STAT
AMOUNT
DATE
RANK
HISTORY
Commercial service imports > Current US$ $129.50 million 1998 131st out of 153
Computer > Communications and other services > % of commercial service imports 29.76% 1998 70th out of 150
Documents to import > Number 8 2013 71st out of 188
Goods > Services and income 505.24 million 1998 133th out of 151
Goods and services 57% 2000 43th out of 156
Goods and services > BoP > Current US$ > Per $ GDP 0.385 BoP $ per $1 of GDP 1998 94th out of 162
Import growth in USD 314.8 2009 39th out of 152
Import procedure fees > US$ per container $1,523.00 2009 66th out of 172
Imports of goods and services 3.11 billion 2012 139th out of 203
Insurance and financial services > % of commercial service imports 0.0 1998 142nd out of 145
Insurance and financial services > % of service imports 0.0 1998 142nd out of 145
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy > Current US$ $2.11 billion 2009 140th out of 180
Merchandise imports from third world economies in South Asia > % of total merchandise imports 1.7% 2009 60th out of 171
Travel services > % of commercial service imports 32.8% 1998 38th out of 147

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; World Development Indicators database; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.

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