Canada - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Canada was 145.11 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 159.85 in 2019 and 95.61 in 2001.

Definition: Import volume indexes are derived from UNCTAD's volume index series and are the ratio of the import value indexes to the corresponding unit value indexes. Unit value indexes are based on data reported by countries that demonstrate consistency under UNCTAD quality controls, supplemented by UNCTAD’s estimates using the previous year’s trade values at the Standard International Trade Classification three-digit level as weights. To improve data coverage, especially for the latest periods, UNCTAD constructs a set of average prices indexes at the three-digit product classification of the Standard International Trade Classification revision 3 using UNCTAD’s Commodity Price Statistics, interna­tional and national sources, and UNCTAD secretariat estimates and calculates unit value indexes at the country level using the current year’s trade values as weights. For economies for which UNCTAD does not publish data, the import volume indexes (lines 73) in the IMF's International Financial Statistics are used.

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Handbook of Statistics and data files, and International Monetary Fund, International Financial Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
2000 100.00
2001 95.61
2002 96.78
2003 100.17
2004 108.77
2005 117.86
2006 123.98
2007 131.37
2008 131.14
2009 110.81
2010 127.76
2011 136.01
2012 139.98
2013 144.15
2014 147.25
2015 147.43
2016 147.57
2017 155.01
2018 159.44
2019 159.85
2020 145.11

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes