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imports unit value index, all goods
Description Value at the level of a single, homogeneous good or service is equal to the price per unit of quantity multiplied by the number of quantity units. It is independent of the choice of quantity unit. The Laspeyres unit value index is the average transaction price of a unit (25, paras. 15.10 and 15.14). See also imports of goods and index number, Laspeyres.
Source United Nations, European Commission, International Monetary Fund, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and World Bank (United Nations and others, 2008). System of National Accounts 2008, Series F, No. 2, Rev. 5 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.08.XVII.29).
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