Ireland - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Ireland was 129.40 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 136.02 in 2018 and 77.57 in 2012.

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 102.59
2002 103.18
2003 92.75
2004 96.45
2005 105.19
2006 107.98
2007 111.58
2008 102.65
2009 85.60
2010 82.18
2011 79.98
2012 77.57
2013 86.20
2014 97.98
2015 108.57
2016 116.97
2017 127.08
2018 136.02
2019 133.17
2020 129.40

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes