Unit value of imports methods, notes and classification

Unit-values are defined by: trade value / quantity. These unit-values are divided by the average unit-value of the previous year to obtain elementary unit-value indices, from which outliers are detected and removed. Elementary unit-value indices are then aggregated over countries and commodities, by using formulae. Finally, the unit-value indices are chained back to the reference year (2000 = 100) and used to approximate the import and export price movements.

• • Stock or flow
    • 00 Imports
  • Standard International Trade Classification (SITC Rev. 4, 2006)
    • 0 Total - all products
  • Geopolitical entity (partner)
    • 000 Rest of the world
  • Unit of measure
    • 00 Index, 2015=100 (NSA)
    • 01 Percentage change m/m-1 (NSA)
    • 02 Percentage change m/m-12 (NSA)
  • Geopolitical entity (reporting)
    • 000 European Union - 27 countries (from 2020)
    • 001 Euro area – 20 countries (from 2023)