Trinidad and Tobago - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Trinidad and Tobago was 104.94 as of 2010. Over the past 30 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 143.42 in 2008 and 33.51 in 1990.

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
1980 139.15
1981 121.08
1982 126.61
1983 87.76
1984 65.15
1985 53.71
1986 51.11
1987 40.32
1988 35.95
1989 37.44
1990 33.51
2000 100.00
2001 113.67
2002 115.13
2003 114.30
2004 126.43
2005 124.18
2006 127.78
2007 138.79
2008 143.42
2009 120.09
2010 104.94

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes