Trinidad and Tobago - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Trinidad and Tobago was 78.11 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 169.70 in 2013 and 33.51 in 1990.

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
1980 139.15
1981 121.08
1982 126.61
1983 87.76
1984 65.15
1985 53.71
1986 51.11
1987 40.32
1988 35.95
1989 37.44
1990 33.51
2000 100.00
2001 112.68
2002 114.36
2003 113.60
2004 125.87
2005 124.60
2006 128.19
2007 139.55
2008 147.03
2009 123.87
2010 101.71
2011 124.54
2012 119.50
2013 169.70
2014 159.23
2015 159.77
2016 149.37
2017 116.38
2018 116.85
2019 97.61
2020 78.11

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes