Data & Statistics

Important if you need to compare trade data that has been categorized using different classification systems

"The Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) is a standardised way of classifying goods that is used in statistics on imports and exports. The codes are listed here for each commodity group."

"Among classification systems, Harmonized System (HS) codes are commonly used throughout the import and export process for the classification of goods. The Harmonized System is a standardized numerical method of classifying traded products. It is used by countries around the world to uniformly identify and describe products for purposes such as assessing duties and gathering statistics."

"The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is the standard used by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the purpose of collecting, analyzing, and publishing statistical data related to the U.S. business economy."

"The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) was a system for classifying industries by a four-digit code as a method of standardizing industry classification for statistical purposes across agencies. Established in the United States in 1937, it is used by government agencies to classify industry areas. Similar SIC systems are also used by agencies in other countries, e.g., by the United Kingdom's Companies House.[1] In the United States, the SIC system was last revised in 1987 and was last used by the Census Bureau for the 1992 Economic Census, and has been replaced by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS code), which was released in 1997.[2] Some U.S. government departments and agencies, such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), continued to use SIC codes through at least 2019.[3]" Source.

Export.gov is a gateway to trade information from U.S. government agencies, including trade statistics and market research, regulations, and more. It describes the difference between Trade Stats Express and USA Trade online.

Published by the International Monetary Fund. Shows trade between specific countries annually and quarterly.

U.S. export and import data for over 18,000 commodities with 240 trading partners, using the Harmonized System (HS) up to the 10-digit level and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes up to the 6-digit level. See data by districts, states, and ports of entry (ex. St. Albans, VT) .

Statistics from the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD).  Create tables showing trade between countries and regions (ex. developing countries; euro Area; mercosur; etc.).  View imports/exports; trade by major product category; commodity prices; trade in services; maritime transport; Most favoured nation rate; international finance; GDP; balance of payments; FDI; exchange rates; migrant remittances; development assistance; demographics...) etc.

Includes their statistics database as well as their annual International Trade Statistics report, which includes detailed analysis.  See also their annual, theme-based World Trade Report.

Historical U.S. and world bilateral import and export trade data; U.S. tariff data.

From the U.S. Census Bureau.  Includes FT900: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services.

'Data on changes in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.'

Data on International Trade in Goods -
International Trade in Services data can be found here.

1960 onward. Trends in trading patterns among OECD countries and with the rest of the world. Data are broken down by economic groupings, by country and by region.

Provides data for SITC and Harmonised classification systems.

The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database.  Free access to International Merchandise Trade Statistics. Main database goes back to 1962.  Also provides a link to historical data from 1900 - 1960.  Download limit of 50,000 per data query.

Holdings: 1948 - present
Print and CD-Rom: Davis Family Library HC14.C6 - Latest in Reference, earlier editions in stacks. 2008 edition has CD-Rom.

(Part of the U.S. Dept. of Commerce). See also their Office of Trade and Industry Information section.

See the Tariff Database and Tariff and Trade Dataweb

'...find trade values and quantities for products on various nomenclatures; find tariff rates for products in different markets based on various product classifications; compare tariffs across markets; analyze protection levels for countries and products over time; compare scenarios of changes to applied or bound tariffs; or simulate economic impacts of various market access conditions'