Syrian Arab Republic - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Syrian Arab Republic was 79.18 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 273.59 in 2008 and 73.14 in 2016.

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.

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Year Value
2000 100.00
2001 129.85
2002 123.46
2003 130.15
2004 189.96
2005 225.91
2006 220.41
2007 259.04
2008 273.59
2009 252.73
2010 265.87
2011 256.97
2012 165.05
2013 118.78
2014 91.23
2015 86.35
2016 73.14
2017 94.53
2018 106.38
2019 97.81
2020 79.18

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes