About Comtrade 

Comtrade is a product of the United Nations Statistics Division.  Comtrade is a complex statistical database with numerous ways to retrieve and view data.  Comtrade provides commodity trade data for all available countries and areas since 1962. Currently, it contains more than 1 billion records.  Please note:  As a guest you have limited data formats.  You may register (Fee based) for full functionality.

Purpose:

The purpose of this guide is to help the user to get a comprehensive worldwide picture of the market for their specific product.

Product Specific Reports

1. Click on http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/.
2. Here, you'll have two viable options.
3. Comtrade @ UN Data (UN Comtrade data on UN data)
4. Choose your product, view data and identify the specific subset you require.
5. You can then use the filters on the left hand side to select the specific country and year desired.
6. Tables published in the International Trade Statistics Yearbook is the other major option.  Here you'll have the following:

Part 1 World Trade Tables

•	Total imports and exports by regions and countries or areas in U.S. dollars (Table A)
•	Total imports and exports by countries or areas in national currency (Table B)
•	External trade conversion factors (Table C)
•	World exports by provenance and destination in U.S. dollars (Table D)
•	Growth of world exports by provenance and destination (Table E)
•	Structure of world exports by provenance and destination (Table F)
•	Indices of total exports and imports by countries or areas (Table G)
•	Indices of total exports and imports by regions (Table H)
•	Indices and values of manufactured goods exports (Table I)
•	Indices and values of fuel imports - Developed economies (Table J)
•	Some indicators on fuel imports - Developed economies (Table K)

Part 2 Commodity Trade Profiles

•	Food and live animals (SITC Section 0)
•	Beverages and tobacco (SITC Section 1)
•	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels (SITC Section 2)
•	Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials (SITC Section 3)
•	Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes (SITC Section 4)
•	Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. (SITC Section 5)
•	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (SITC Section 6)
•	Machinery and transport equipment (SITC Section 7)
•	Miscellaneous manufactured articles (SITC Section 8)
•	Commodities and transactions not classified elsewhere in SITC (SITC Section 9)

Date Updated: May 31, 2010