The Bahamas - Import volume index

Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in The Bahamas was 53.61 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 100.00 in 2000 and 53.61 in 2020.

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 97.35
2002 88.48
2003 86.65
2004 85.73
2005 91.28
2006 97.08
2007 96.30
2008 87.13
2009 76.52
2010 69.36
2011 66.09
2012 74.07
2013 73.83
2014 79.60
2015 81.51
2016 77.98
2017 85.90
2018 85.85
2019 81.44
2020 53.61

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes