Bangladesh - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Bangladesh was 330.12 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 375.05 in 2019 and 47.95 in 1983.

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.

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Year Value
1980 51.81
1981 55.67
1982 55.61
1983 47.95
1984 63.76
1985 57.38
1986 55.37
1987 55.05
1988 57.75
1989 67.18
1990 62.72
1991 60.91
1992 65.64
1993 72.39
1994 78.65
1995 102.33
1996 96.59
1997 98.24
1998 95.88
1999 100.04
2000 100.00
2001 106.61
2002 101.17
2003 110.56
2004 117.94
2005 126.97
2006 137.78
2007 141.63
2008 151.91
2009 155.48
2010 176.14
2011 193.98
2012 194.55
2013 216.33
2014 241.71
2015 281.77
2016 304.77
2017 343.15
2018 372.78
2019 375.05
2020 330.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes