Australia - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Australia was 244.31 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 250.59 in 2017 and 94.65 in 2001.

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 94.65
2002 107.54
2003 119.94
2004 137.47
2005 150.03
2006 162.45
2007 180.89
2008 200.24
2009 178.11
2010 194.88
2011 208.39
2012 218.96
2013 213.03
2014 216.65
2015 226.00
2016 222.29
2017 250.59
2018 248.18
2019 244.66
2020 244.31

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes