Palau - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Palau was 87.10 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 100.00 in 2000 and 53.92 in 2009.

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 80.53
2002 77.85
2003 66.80
2004 75.81
2005 72.19
2006 76.36
2007 71.46
2008 68.52
2009 53.92
2010 58.64
2011 59.54
2012 65.23
2013 79.63
2014 78.35
2015 81.40
2016 87.44
2017 98.23
2018 88.29
2019 97.88
2020 87.10

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes