Subject Specialists
United States Data
- Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWebImports, exports and tariff data for the US and its trading partners for 1989 -
Uses Login.gov for access - TradeStats ExpressOffers less detail than the Trade DataWeb but is more user friendly.
- Census trade APIsThe Census Bureau offers extensive API access to trade data
International Data
- IMF Data This link opens in a new windowIncludes the Direction of Trade Statistics. Available for most countries with breakdown by partner country. Data are available as far back as 1945.
- World Development Indicators Online This link opens in a new windowAggregate data by country, which is broken into some broad categories.
- UN Comtrade This link opens in a new windowFree access, but limited to 50,000 records per download. Commodity level data for countries and their trading partners.
The Library was unable to license the bulk download due to the UN's license conditions
- UN Comtrade via UNdataCommodity level data in dollars and weight. This is a free version and it includes only aggregate data
- WTO Statistics DatabaseThe time series section provides the most data elements. Other sections are useful for quick overviews
- WITS: World Integrated Trade SolutionHosted by the World Bank. Gives access to UN Comtrade, UNCTAD-TRAINS (Trade Analysis and Information System) and WTO's tariff databases.
- European Union Trade in GoodsBilateral data for the EU and its trading partners. Trading partner summaries have details on trade worldwide for the partner country.
- International Trade CentreA more user-friendly interface to UN Comtrade. Data are to the 4 digit level and only available from 2001-
- UNCTAD Trade and StatisticsThematic data aggregated from national and commercial sources by the UN