Korea - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Korea was 233.08 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 233.08 in 2020 and 12.40 in 1980.

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 12.40
1981 13.80
1982 13.86
1983 15.69
1984 18.01
1985 19.21
1986 20.72
1987 25.06
1988 28.57
1989 33.30
1990 37.20
1991 43.42
1992 44.70
1993 47.04
1994 57.98
1995 71.96
1996 83.64
1997 85.82
1998 66.81
1999 85.75
2000 100.00
2001 96.98
2002 108.00
2003 118.84
2004 130.17
2005 131.71
2006 144.09
2007 154.72
2008 161.99
2009 146.85
2010 166.82
2011 176.65
2012 179.30
2013 186.56
2014 197.62
2015 208.18
2016 207.78
2017 223.89
2018 229.30
2019 226.37
2020 233.08

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes