Export

As an export is called in the context of national accounts (SNA ) the quantity of an economy other economies provided goods. From the perspective of each other's economies represent these flows of goods imports

Position in the national accounts

Export represents an aggregate of gross domestic product (GDP ) in the use of the account of the national accounts it supersedes made ​​up of the goods ( trade balance ) and export of services ( services account ). The trade balance and the balance of services are part of the current account balances.

If we subtract the exports and imports from, so you get the external contribution (also called net exports ). An external contribution greater than zero means that a part of exports is not paid in the form of imports from abroad in foreign countries from abroad. The net export must therefore be made on credit, so that a net export corresponds to an outflow of capital if the balance does not take place on a different part of the balance of the balance of payments. The Federal Republic of Germany and Japan have, for example, regularly positive external balances, so that the ( net ) claims the Federal Republic of Germany grow continuously on non-residents. The U.S., however, in decades usually negative external balances, so that the ( net ) Liabilities of the United States vis- rise continuously.

International comparison

The figure shows the three largest economies in the world, exports are for the Triad countries, ie presented as a ratio to GDP, as well as the net export to GDP ratio. Rising export rates point to a growing labor in the global economy, the trade integration of the world is increasing ( globalization). Particularly in Germany, an intensive debate about the significance of the German export growth is performed under the slogans export champion and bazaar economy.

Related terms

An exporting country is an economy that produces a significant part for export.

As the world export is defined as the value of all the world's economies exported goods. Since every export of a country is an import of another country, the World export the " world import " must be definitionally equal. Due to statistical errors, but also due to the methods used to world exports and world imports of the same not exact.