United Kingdom - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in United Kingdom was 139.21 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 163.45 in 2019 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 105.48
2002 110.91
2003 112.09
2004 117.27
2005 123.81
2006 138.05
2007 130.25
2008 123.84
2009 118.15
2010 131.72
2011 133.61
2012 135.03
2013 140.32
2014 143.97
2015 149.66
2016 156.05
2017 159.60
2018 160.01
2019 163.45
2020 139.21

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes