Ecuador - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Ecuador was 343.08 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 518.30 in 2014 and 54.30 in 1984.

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.

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Year Value
1980 78.64
1981 68.59
1982 74.73
1983 56.30
1984 54.30
1985 59.34
1986 58.61
1987 70.36
1988 58.29
1989 62.31
1990 59.67
1991 71.63
1992 75.97
1993 75.67
1994 99.32
1995 103.33
1996 99.75
1997 126.82
1998 149.84
1999 83.59
2000 100.00
2001 147.32
2002 183.52
2003 186.78
2004 213.57
2005 247.84
2006 280.60
2007 303.06
2008 377.82
2009 329.00
2010 421.50
2011 460.21
2012 476.74
2013 509.37
2014 518.30
2015 419.73
2016 322.10
2017 395.19
2018 438.92
2019 425.49
2020 343.08

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes