American Samoa - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in American Samoa was 75.92 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 123.09 in 2003 and 35.04 in 2011.

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 106.89
2002 105.15
2003 123.09
2004 113.63
2005 92.60
2006 99.02
2007 74.64
2008 72.57
2009 65.02
2010 45.33
2011 35.04
2012 40.10
2013 48.58
2014 62.80
2015 86.41
2016 91.97
2017 75.11
2018 69.18
2019 74.52
2020 75.92

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes