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EU Imports from developing countries by group of products

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EU imports from developing countries by group of products. Imports include the total value of goods, which enter the statistical territory of the Member States from a developing country. (Description from Eurostat Quality Profile for indicator, Eurostat, 2008, p1).

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Billion Euros (EUR)

Link to Data: 

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do [2]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [3]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey

Geographical Level: 

  • National [4]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [5]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Partial methodology available [6]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
EU Imports from developing countries by group of products - food, drinks and tobacco [7]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator as applied to the food, drinks and tobacco group of products
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)
Indicator: 
EU Imports from developing countries by group of products - raw materials [8]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator as applied to raw materials
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)
Indicator: 
EU Imports from developing countries by group of products - mineral fuels, lubricants and related products [9]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator as applied to the mineral fuels, lubricants and related group of products
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)
Indicator: 
EU Imports from developing countries by group of products - manufactured goods [10]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator as applied to manufactured goods
Type of relation: 
Break down of indicator(Former Differentiation by group)
Indicator: 
EU imports from least-developed countries by group of products [11]
Relationship explanation: 
A similar indicator which examines EU imports from least-developed, rather than developing countries
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1995 to 2013

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [12]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat

Link to Methodology: 

European Union Open Data Portal [13]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [14]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [15]

Publishing delay: 

  • 6-12 months [16]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Eurostat [17]

Contribution to the green economy: 

An increase in EU imports from developing countries indicates increasing access as well as capacities of developing countries to reach EU markets and to benefit from global trade in their national economies.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [18]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are increasing imports leading to more food imports (which increase the pressure on agriculture)?
Related Indicator: 
Food imports (% of merchandise imports) [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Increasing food imports into the EU potentially leads to an increasing investment pressure on agriculture in the LDC.
Related Indicator: 
Foreign direct investment in developing countries, by income group    [20]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-developing-countries-group-products

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/2705
[2] http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=tsdgp220&plugin=1
[3] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/36
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-developing-countries-group-products-food-drinks-and-tobacco
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-developing-countries-group-products-raw-materials
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-developing-countries-group-products-mineral-fuels-lubricants-and-related-products
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-developing-countries-group-products-manufactured-goods
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/eu-imports-least-developed-countries-group-products
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[13] http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/dataset/y1uCVmU6iIxoXhIKtdt89w
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/24
[17] http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/sdi/files/quality_profiles/EU IMPORTS FROM DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.pdf
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/food-imports-merchandise-imports
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/foreign-direct-investment-developing-countries-income-group-%C2%A0%C2%A0