Doha: Qatar’s Import Unit Value Index (IMUVI) for the fourth quarter of 2021 (based on 2013) has reached 102.81 points, showing an increase of 1.05 percent when compared to the third quarter of 2021, data released by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) show.
Compared to its counterpart in 2020 (Q4 2020), [Y-o-Y basis], a decrease of 0.03 percent has been recorded in the general index (IMUVI) of this quarter. IMUVI contains of 10 main groups classified based on Standard International Trade Classification.
An analysis [on Q-o-Q basis] of IMUVI for Q4 2021 compared with IMUVI, Q3 2021, showed that there were five main groups, where respective indices in this month have increased, namely: “Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials” by 4.02 percent, followed by “Machinery and transport equipment” by 2.18 percent, “Beverages and Tobacco” by 1.93 percent, “Miscellaneous manufactured articles” by 1.31 percent, and “Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material” by 0.35 percent.
A decrease has been recorded in: “Crude materials, inedible, except fuels” by 2.51 percent, “Food and live animals” by 0.81 percent, and “Chemicals and related products” by 0.52 percent. No change was noticed in “Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes”, and “Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC”.
When compared to the corresponding quarter the previous year, the IMUVI of Q4 2021 has decreased by 0.03 percent compared to the IMUVI of Q4 2020. The Y-o-Y value decrease was primarily due to the value falling in seven groups namely: “Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC” by 3.83 percent, followed by “Food and live animals” by 3.73 percent, Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material” by 3.34 percent, “Crude materials, inedible, except fuels” by 2.12 percent, “Chemicals and related products, NEC” by 1.24 percent, “Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes” by 1.00 percent, and “Miscellaneous manufactured articles” by 0.42 percent.
