The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away.
Value-added manufacturing, particularly in the electronics and precision engineering sectors, remain key drivers of growth, as are the services sector, particularly the information and communications industries, which grew 6.
Data are in current local currency.
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Non-sovereign entities the world, continents, and some and states with limited international recognition such as , , and are included in the list in cases in which they appear in the sources.
This applies a conversion factor that averages the exchange rate for a given year and the two preceding years, adjusted for differences in rates of inflation between the country, and through 2000, the G-5 countries France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.