Germany - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Germany was 133.12 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 143.09 in 2018 and 95.44 in 2002.

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 98.30
2002 95.44
2003 100.21
2004 106.00
2005 108.87
2006 118.77
2007 123.64
2008 123.96
2009 108.98
2010 122.75
2011 128.70
2012 123.17
2013 123.95
2014 128.00
2015 132.56
2016 136.06
2017 140.06
2018 143.09
2019 141.75
2020 133.12

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes