Venezuela - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Venezuela was 177.91 as of 2010. Over the past 30 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 226.75 in 2007 and 47.13 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 85.82
1981 91.86
1982 87.73
1983 51.42
1984 60.70
1985 69.44
1986 69.02
1987 71.78
1988 85.32
1989 51.75
1990 47.13
1991 70.88
1992 86.76
1993 77.17
1994 56.10
1995 69.66
1996 55.91
1997 87.47
1998 95.65
1999 86.75
2000 100.00
2001 114.33
2002 79.91
2003 61.47
2004 93.28
2005 126.61
2006 171.97
2007 226.75
2008 219.82
2009 196.41
2010 177.91

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes