Jamaica - Import volume index (2000 = 100)

The latest value for Import volume index (2000 = 100) in Jamaica was 78.70 as of 2020. Over the past 20 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 137.15 in 2008 and 78.70 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 104.78
2002 111.11
2003 106.45
2004 102.78
2005 107.49
2006 117.43
2007 132.41
2008 137.15
2009 95.87
2010 89.74
2011 91.12
2012 88.98
2013 89.06
2014 85.65
2015 86.70
2016 87.37
2017 100.23
2018 96.26
2019 103.04
2020 78.70

Base Period: 2000

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade indexes