Dem. Rep. Congo - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Dem. Rep. Congo was 553.05 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 740.79 in 2019 and 16.23 in 1994.

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 34.78
1981 37.01
1982 31.73
1983 38.43
1984 51.41
1985 65.48
1986 62.92
1987 94.18
1988 87.39
1989 114.81
1990 64.38
1991 56.00
1992 37.80
1993 23.73
1994 16.23
1995 30.08
1996 29.15
1997 34.75
1998 28.23
1999 100.05
2000 100.00
2001 118.60
2002 164.83
2003 211.51
2004 266.11
2005 321.71
2006 321.86
2007 337.40
2008 376.63
2009 366.00
2010 392.14
2011 413.14
2012 465.20
2013 485.59
2014 555.48
2015 545.99
2016 429.58
2017 508.11
2018 655.26
2019 740.79
2020 553.05

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes