Papua New Guinea - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Papua New Guinea was 118.85 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 226.52 in 2013 and 96.31 in 2001.

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 96.31
2002 102.58
2003 116.21
2004 127.64
2005 114.48
2006 139.10
2007 165.41
2008 158.56
2009 161.77
2010 186.26
2011 177.32
2012 195.98
2013 226.52
2014 169.84
2015 122.16
2016 103.07
2017 145.77
2018 156.05
2019 176.81
2020 118.85

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes