Israel - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Israel was 112.71 as of 2010. Over the past 10 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 113.88 in 2008 and 92.22 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 95.45
2002 95.73
2003 92.22
2004 101.68
2005 104.27
2006 104.82
2007 113.46
2008 113.88
2009 97.33
2010 112.71

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes