Benin - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Benin was 284.98 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 392.91 in 2018 and 33.48 in 1989.

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
1980 81.85
1981 136.22
1982 99.64
1983 74.00
1984 71.20
1985 81.85
1986 73.31
1987 54.79
1988 48.87
1989 33.48
1990 43.25
1991 37.84
1992 116.42
1993 91.37
1994 62.23
1995 100.52
1996 88.94
1997 100.18
1998 104.35
1999 109.10
2000 100.00
2001 104.48
2002 124.37
2003 140.79
2004 129.03
2005 137.19
2006 158.62
2007 242.37
2008 223.69
2009 225.30
2010 201.36
2011 173.15
2012 194.33
2013 258.08
2014 336.47
2015 248.03
2016 280.34
2017 330.19
2018 392.91
2019 361.89
2020 284.98

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes