Japan - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Japan was 137.44 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 142.96 in 2019 and 100.00 in 2000.

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 101.14
2002 102.36
2003 108.39
2004 115.16
2005 117.73
2006 122.45
2007 123.91
2008 122.76
2009 107.85
2010 118.70
2011 123.73
2012 128.38
2013 128.99
2014 131.06
2015 134.66
2016 135.75
2017 139.59
2018 142.29
2019 142.96
2020 137.44

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes