{"id":89267,"date":"2026-02-22T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=89267"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T08:43:41","slug":"merchandise-trade-indices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/merchandise-trade-indices\/","title":{"rendered":"Merchandise Trade Indices"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Merchandise Trade Indices Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics revised base year of Merchandise Trade Indices to FY 2022\u201323 to reflect current trade structure and global patterns.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Merchandise Trade Indices<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is compiled<\/span><b> and published by the<\/b> <b>Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Statistics (DGCI&amp;S), Ministry of Commerce &amp; Industry.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Purpose:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It <\/span><b>measures changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the unit values (prices) of India\u2019s <\/span><b>exports and imports over time.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Base Year:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was revised from <\/span><b>FY 2012\u201313 to FY 2022\u201323.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>The revised series includes<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Indices (Export Unit Value Index,Import Unit Value Index).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Principal Commodity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (PC) <\/span><b>Classification<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> wise Trade Indices (Export\/Import).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Standard International Trade Classification-wise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SITC) Trade Indices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broad economic categories-wise (BEC) Trade Indices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilateral and Region-wise Trade Indices of Top 20 Export and Import partner nations of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terms of Trade (Gross terms of trade, Net terms of trade and Income terms of trade).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These indices serve as important <\/span><b>indicators of external sector price movements <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and are widely used for economic analysis, including national accounts compilation and assessment of terms of trade.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2230845&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merchandise Trade Indices is compiled and published by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&#038;S), Ministry of Commerce &#038; Industry. 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