Switzerland - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Switzerland was 172.66 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 194.64 in 2013 and 99.94 in 2003.

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 101.74
2002 100.82
2003 99.94
2004 103.74
2005 107.93
2006 115.38
2007 120.99
2008 124.02
2009 110.83
2010 121.40
2011 124.73
2012 184.09
2013 194.64
2014 163.07
2015 168.52
2016 179.05
2017 173.86
2018 174.89
2019 172.66

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes