Web-Based Resources
International
Trade Statistics
World Trade Organization
This resource provides summary level trade data in MS Excel spreadsheet
format. To view data by the following titles: World Trade in 2005, Selected
Long-term Trends, Trade by Region and Trade by Sector, select “International
Trade Statistics”. Trade profiles and times series data are also
available by selecting "Statistics Database." Time series data
is available from 1980-2005 and includes merchandise trade (by region
and selected economies), commercial services trade (by region and selected
economies), and regional integration arrangements.
International
Trade Administration
US Department of Commerce
This Web site contains international, state and some metropolitan-area
level trade data. Data is also available at the industry level. Examples
of available data are United States Foreign Trade Hightlights, Industry
Trend Tables and State-by-State Exports to Selected Markets.
Interactive
Data Tables
Bureau of Economic Analysis
The link to “International Transactions Accounts” provides
11 tables of economic data, including US Trade in Goods and US International
Transactions.
Trades
in Goods and Services
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Trade tables (in MS Excel format) of data from recent news releases.
Foreign
Trade Statistics
US Census Bureau
Statistics available on this site include trade highlights, product trade
data, country data, state export data, and an historical series (1960-present).
The statistics can be displayed in PDF or text format.
Market Access
Database
Eurostat
This Web site allows access to the Market Access Trade Barriers Database
(which can be searched by country, sector and measure) and the Statistical
Database (which provides country-level data by commodity). Data is available
from 2000-2006 and is exportable to spreadsheet format.
Eurostat
External Trade Data
Eurostat
Provides external EU trade data as well as trade between members of the
EU. Data is available for long term and short term indicators.
HOLLIS E-resources
UN
Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)
United Nations
Annual data by commodity and trade partner for over 130 countries for
SITC 1, 4 and 5-digit and 1 or 6-digit Harmonised System (HS-1). For many
countries the data coverage starts in 1962.
Also available on CD-Rom.
FAOSTAT
Statistics Database
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
This is an on-line and multilingual (English, French, Spanish) database containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in the areas of Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizers and Pesticides, Land Use and Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, Agricultural Machinery and Agricultural Production.
Also available on CD-Rom.
SourceOECD
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Trade databases within SourceOECD include International Trade and Competitiveness,
ITCS International Trade by Commodity, and Monthly International Trade.
Basic country-level trade data is also available in the Economic Outlook
database and the Main Economic Indicators database.
Industrial
Structure Statistics, 1970-1994
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Also available on CD-Rom.
International
Trade by Commodities Statistics SITC rev. 1-3
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Contains detailed foreign trade by commodity statistics for OECD countries
using the Harmonised System of commodity classification. Also provides
both dollar value and quantity (in units appropriate to the product) for
each flow. Includes SITC Revision 2 (data from 1961); SITC Revision 3
(data from 1991); Harmonised System 1988 (data from 1990); Harmonised
System 1996 (data from 1996); and Total Trade and Trade Conversion Factors
(data from 1991).
Also available on CD-Rom: Rev.
3, Rev.
2, Rev.
1
CD-ROM / Print Resources
World
Trade Analyzer
Statistics Canada
Imports and exports among all of the major trading countries in the world;
contains 18 years of annual data; commodities classification system is
derived from SITC Rev. 2
World
Trade Flows, 1980-1997 (4-digit SITC)
World
Trade Flows, 1970-1992 (4-digit SITC)
Bilateral
Trade Database
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Trade flows by manufacturing industry data on a country to country basis. Data available from 1970-1995. Available in both MS Excel and Lotus spreadsheet files.
National
Trade Data Bank
US Department of Commerce
A compilation of trade related reports published by federal agencies.
US
Exports History- Historical Summary
US Bureau of Census
Report which provides historical (1990-2000) export statistics.
US
Imports History- Historical Summary
US Bureau of Census
Report which provides historical (1990-2000) import statistics.
USA
Trade Online
STAT-USA and US Bureau of Census
Provides U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities
presented in the Harmonized Tariff Classification System for current month
and previous month; cumulative year to date, current year and prior year;
and annual two year and historical data.
PC/TAS
UNCTAD/GATT
Each CD-ROM holds 5 years of data and includes international trade statistics,
market share and trend analyses. Data is available at the 1, 4 and 5-digit
level SITC code and the 1 or 6-digit Harmonised System (HS-1) code.
TRAINS
(Trade Analysis and Information System)
UNCTAD
Data for tariff, para-tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import
flows by origin for more than 140 countries.
Direction
of Trade
International Monetary Fund
Import and export data published monthly for over 150 countries. This CD-ROM includes a historical database with direction of trade data from 1948-1980.
TradeCAN
World Bank
TradeCAN is designed to analyze international, national, and regional competitiveness in commodities and manufactured exports; ability to calculate market shares for each three or four digit SITC export for 1985-1998; consists of two databases: TradeCAN 1, industrialized world's imports, and; TradeCAN 2, developing world's imports.
Annual
Report/International Trade Statistics
World Trade Organization
International
Trade Codes
World Market Watch , Inc.
International Trade Codes (ITC) is a comprehensive database of the five major trade code systems: Harmonized, SIC, SITC, NAICS and End-Use. ITC provides a complete concordance between each of these code systems; issued 3Q 1998 and 4Q 1999.
Foreign
Trade Statistics of Asia and the Pacific
United Nations
Handbook
of International Trade and Development Statisitics
UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
Yearbook
of International Trade Statistics / International Trade Statistics Yearbook
United Nations