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Trade data, or import and export statistics, consist of statistical data about international trade, typically organized by time period, country, and commodity (using HS codes).

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Uses

Governments, corporations, manufacturers, law firms, trade associations, and international organizations all use trade data to monitor the commodity markets relevant to their interests. [1]


Data coverage and detail

Different sources of trade data may provide more or less complete data coverage, and more or less detail:

Sources

National Sources

The ultimate source of trade data for a particular country is at the national level, usually the national statistical office, but sometimes "central banks, customs administrations and specialized governmental organizations." [28] Some nations make their trade data publicly available online (in interfaces of varying user-friendliness), others provide it upon request, and yet others do not publish their trade data directly. To view data from multiple countries, or data from countries that do not publish their own data directly, users must rely on intergovernmental or commercial organizations that compile trade data from multiple national sources.

Intergovernmental Sources

Commercial Sources

Although commercial sources charge for their services, they often offer some advantages over intergovernmental sources. For example, UN Comtrade is the official trade data source of the United Nations but is limited in the timeliness of its data. As of 14 October 2020, UN Comtrade only had January 2020 data for 73 countries, and only had August 2020 data for 15 countries. [29] By contrast, the trade data company Trade Data Monitor boasts over 100 countries’ monthly data available "within hours of release from the source." [30] China provides a striking example: as of 2020, UN Comtrade’s latest monthly data for China was from 2017, [29] whereas Trade Data Monitor regularly reports China's trade statistics for the previous month. [31] [32] [33]

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  29. 1 2 "Data Availability". UN Comtrade. Retrieved 14 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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