Panama - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Panama was 659.28 as of 2020. Over the past 40 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,027.36 in 2013 and 26.15 in 1988.

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 65.99
1981 61.60
1982 67.35
1983 59.70
1984 60.17
1985 59.70
1986 49.16
1987 47.15
1988 26.15
1989 32.79
1990 47.43
1991 57.66
1992 64.40
1993 73.58
1994 81.79
1995 77.41
1996 85.71
1997 92.55
1998 103.69
1999 109.53
2000 100.00
2001 85.29
2002 86.67
2003 91.94
2004 112.43
2005 315.30
2006 371.59
2007 480.48
2008 626.81
2009 516.80
2010 654.50
2011 932.68
2012 986.06
2013 1,027.36
2014 1,022.89
2015 915.84
2016 850.03
2017 922.20
2018 918.71
2019 894.01
2020 659.28

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes