Dem. People's Rep. Korea - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Dem. People's Rep. Korea was 23.85 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 146.66 in 2014 and 23.85 in 2020.

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 118.08
2002 120.04
2003 120.42
2004 116.65
2005 119.40
2006 113.32
2007 108.80
2008 101.79
2009 101.60
2010 102.73
2011 109.01
2012 121.67
2013 120.43
2014 146.66
2015 139.42
2016 114.87
2017 109.92
2018 73.84
2019 85.07
2020 23.85

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes