China - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in China was 647.12 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 647.12 in 2020 and 10.30 in 1980.

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 10.30
1981 11.64
1982 10.58
1983 10.92
1984 13.84
1985 19.97
1986 20.28
1987 21.10
1988 25.31
1989 28.56
1990 24.95
1991 29.22
1992 36.91
1993 48.11
1994 52.41
1995 56.97
1996 61.07
1997 64.54
1998 66.28
1999 75.89
2000 100.00
2001 108.34
2002 128.23
2003 177.18
2004 215.68
2005 240.63
2006 280.17
2007 318.70
2008 330.86
2009 340.52
2010 415.33
2011 451.76
2012 467.90
2013 510.43
2014 525.94
2015 515.25
2016 534.27
2017 581.93
2018 619.33
2019 619.47
2020 647.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes