Skip to Main Content

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

International Trade Guide

Commerce Research Library Resources

ITA Resources

Industry Research
Discover the extraction, manufacturing, service and knowledge based industries, sectors and sub-sectors that drive the global economy.

Manufacturing Industry Tracker
Tracks monthly data on U.S. exports, imports, trade balance, industrial production, employment, and producer price index for 21 manufacturing industries and associated subsectors. Data for 2015 forward.

TradeStat Express - Metropolitan Areas
Interactive tools and factsheets showing goods exports from more than 380 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).

TradeStats Express - State
Interactive factsheets and databases displaying exports, imports, and other trade-related statistics for all 50 states.

TradeStats Express - National 
Provides annual and quarterly data on U.S. goods trade for 2002 forward. Data are available for all countries and selected regions. Product/Industry detail available at NAICS 2,3,4 and HS 2,4 levels.

Other U.S Government Resources

International Trade (U.S. Census Bureau)
The official source for U.S. export and import statistics and responsible for issuing regulations governing the reporting of all export shipments from the United States. If you're searching for import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or a host of other trade related topics, this is the place to get the information you need.

GATS (USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System)
GATS includes international agricultural, fish, forest and textile products trade statistics dating from the inception of the Harmonized coding system in 1989 to present.

Global Market Finder (U.S. Census Bureau)
Global Market Finder is an interactive tool for finding the biggest export markets by product and destination.

USA Trade Online (U.S Census Bureau)
Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, USA Trade® Online is a dynamic data tool that gives users access to current and cumulative U.S. export and import data with multiple data sets and capabilities.

USITC Dataweb
USITC DataWeb provides U.S. merchandise trade and tariff data in a user-friendly web interface. Trade data for 1989 to the present are available on a monthly, quarterly, annual, or year-to-date basis and can be retrieved using a sophisticated querying tool with features such as user defined country and commodity groups. Users must establish a free account to access this database.

International Organizations

IMF Data
The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available. Of particular interest to researchers in international trade is the IMF's Direction of Trade data.

ITC Trade Map
The International Trade Centre is a joint agency of the WTO and the UN. The Trade Map covers 220 countries and territories and 5300 products of the Harmonized system.

WITS (World Integrated Trade Solution)
WITS Trade Stat Database is designed with the purpose of providing the latest international merchandise and commercial services trade data and overview of country and region's imports and exports, tariff and non-tariff measures.

UN Comtrade
The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes, and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade. Information can be extracted in a variety of formats, including API developer tools for integration into enterprise applications and workflows.

UNCTAD Trade Analysis Information System (TRAINS)
UNCTAD is a trade and market access information system combining data on trade, customs tariffs, and non-tariff measures. TRAINS contains HS-based tariff data for over 170 countries up to and including 2014.

WTO's Global Services Trade Data Hub - Access to comprehensive WTO data on services trade. Four separate datasets are available, covering digitally delivered services, trade in services by mode of supply, trade in commercial services, and the WTO-OECD Balanced Trade in Services dataset.

WTO's Integrated Data Base (IDB)
Contains imports by commodity and partner countries and Most Favored Nation (MFN) applied and, where available, data on preferential tariffs at the most detailed commodity level of the national tariffs.

Global Preferential Trade Agreements Database
Provides information on preferential trade agreements (PTAs) around the world, including agreements that have not yet been notified to the World Trade Organization.

 

library.doc.gov

An official website of the U.S. Department of Commerce

Looking for U.S. government information and services?
Visit USA.gov