Samoa - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Samoa was 212.81 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 259.61 in 2015 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 152.37
2002 151.04
2003 162.32
2004 205.17
2005 210.89
2006 228.70
2007 201.54
2008 191.36
2009 170.66
2010 213.02
2011 205.97
2012 207.17
2013 221.83
2014 237.36
2015 259.61
2016 256.41
2017 245.77
2018 233.49
2019 256.46
2020 212.81

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes