Belgium - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Belgium was 132.47 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 142.74 in 2018 and 100.00 in 2000.

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 102.54
2002 109.59
2003 109.79
2004 118.26
2005 123.27
2006 128.84
2007 136.56
2008 134.78
2009 117.59
2010 126.34
2011 131.74
2012 129.57
2013 130.22
2014 133.12
2015 134.08
2016 141.25
2017 140.60
2018 142.74
2019 141.88
2020 132.47

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes