Malta - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Malta was 129.09 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 170.40 in 2016 and 80.38 in 2002.

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 80.72
2002 80.38
2003 84.20
2004 88.24
2005 87.95
2006 100.85
2007 101.14
2008 102.02
2009 95.51
2010 109.73
2011 119.23
2012 128.44
2013 119.59
2014 135.91
2015 154.65
2016 170.40
2017 148.43
2018 149.62
2019 167.23
2020 129.09

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes