Exports of Goods (BOP)

Exports of Goods (Balance of Payments) are the value of physical goods sold by residents to non-residents, recorded when ownership changes and the goods cross the country's border. Measured on a FOB (free-on-board) basis, they capture actual international trade flows and form part of the current account in the balance of payments. This indicator is part of the Latin Macro Watch (LMW) dataset published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on data.iadb.org, supporting external-sector analysis across Latin America and the Caribbean.

Coverage

Data are available for 24 countries at annual, monthly, and quarterly frequency, covering the period 1991–2026. Values are reported as a percentage of GDP, as a share of total exports and total imports, in millions of USD, on a year-to-date (YTD) basis, and seasonally adjusted, with moving-average (MA3, MA6, MA12) and growth-rate (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %) transformations.

Sources

Figures are compiled from official central banks and statistical agencies, including Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco Central de Chile, Banco de la República de Colombia, and INDEC - Argentina, among others across the region.

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Format	CSV
Language	en
Country	Argentina Bahamas Trinidad & Tobago Belize Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia El Salvador Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Panama Uruguay Venezuela Barbados Paraguay Peru Suriname
Data notes	What does this indicator measure? It measures the value of physical goods sold by residents to non-residents, recorded when ownership changes and the goods cross the border, on a FOB (free-on-board) basis. How does it fit into the balance of payments? It captures actual international trade flows in goods and forms part of the current account in the balance of payments. How many countries and which frequencies and period are covered? The indicator covers 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean at annual, monthly, and quarterly frequency, spanning 1991 to 2026. What units and transformations are available? Values are available as a percentage of GDP, as a share of total exports and total imports, in millions of USD, on a year-to-date (YTD) basis, and seasonally adjusted. Moving averages (MA3, MA6, MA12) and growth rates (MoM %, QoQ %, YoY %) are also available. Where does the data come from? Data are compiled from official central banks and statistical agencies such as Banco Central do Brasil, Banco de Mexico (Banxico), Banco Central de Chile, and Banco de la República de Colombia. How do I cite this indicator? Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Latin Macro Watch — "Exports of Goods (BOP)". data.iadb.org/dataset/latin-macro-watch-dataset.