The following
Web sites have been selected by Bowman Librarians as examples of
sites appropriate for college research. Keep in mind, however, that
free Web resources are rarely filtered, often making it difficult
to determine the content's accuracy. Use our guide Evaluating
Web Resources to help you review the authority, currency, and
objectivity or bias of every site you use.
Trade Statistics, Analysis, FDI Data
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
http://www.bea.gov
One-stop access to timely, relevant and accurate economic accounts
data at the national, regional and international (balance of payments,
FDI, international trade) level.
International
Trade Statistics by SITC level
International
Trade Statistics by NAICS level
http://censtats.census.gov/sitc/sitc.shtml
On this U.S. Census Bureau site, find the value of exports and imports
by country, at the 1-, 2- and 3-digit SITC level (see Tariffs and
Schedules section below) or by 3- and 6-digit NAICS code (see Guide
to NAICS).
USITC Interactive Tariff and
Trade DataWeb
http://dataweb.usitc.gov
Free registration will give you access to imports/exports statistics
and U.S. tariff data compiled by the United States International
Trade Commission (USITC). The database allows users to create and
save customized country and product lists for future reuse.
World
Economic Outlook Reports (WEO)
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/weorepts.htm
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) provides analysis and statistics
illustrating the performance and prospects for global economy (10-year
series.) Data is categorized into “advanced economies”
and “other emerging and developing countries.”
World Trade Organization (WTO)
http://www.wto.org/
The WTO is an international organization dealing with the rules
of trade between nations. Follow the “Resources” to
browse "Trade Statistics," or the “Economic Research”
to locate World Trade Report, an annual WTO research publication
on global trade policy.
COMTRADE from United
Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade/
Commodity Trade Statistics Database (COMTRADE) offers limited free
guest access to trade information by country and product at the
level of 4-digit SITC number (see Tariffs and Schedules section
below). Use “Shortcut query” to quickly retrieve data,
or explore the menu for access to the commodity list and to the
glossary.
UNCTAD
Handbook of Statistics On-line
http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Page.asp?intItemID=1890&lang=1
The Handbook of Statistics, published by UNCTAD (United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development), is a comprehensive collection
of statistical data going back to the 1950s, about international
trade, finance and development indicators.
Foreign Trade Information System
http://www.sice.oas.org/
SICE for short from its Spanish acronym -- Sistema de Información
al Comercio Exterior -- is the information technology arm of the
Trade Unit of the Organization of American States (OAS). It aims
to "provide the most complete information and documents on
trade in the Western Hemisphere."
Eurostat
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=0,1136217,0_45571470&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Eurostat is a web portal of the Statistical Office of the European
Communities. This particular link leads to data and reports on external
trade. For more statistics and publications follow the site’s
menus.
Tariffs and Schedules
Harmonized Tariff Schedule
of the United States (HTSA)
http://www.usitc.gov/tata/hts/
HTSA provides the applicable tariff rates and statistical categories
for all merchandise imported into the United States. HTSA is based
on the International Harmonized System, the global system of nomenclature
used to describe most world trade in goods.
Standard
International Trade Classification (SITC)
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/family2.asp?Cl=14
Standard International Trade Classification is a classification
scheme agreed upon by all UN member nations and used for international
comparisons of trade. You will most likely encounter it when searching
COMTRADE .
Trade DataWeb
from United States International Trade Commission (USITC)
http://dataweb.usitc.gov/scripts/user_set.asp
International trade data since 1989 is available on a monthly, quarterly,
annual and year-to-date basis, and can be retrieved within various
classification systems including the Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(HTSA), the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) and
the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). U.S.
import statistics, U.S. export statistics, U.S. tariffs, U.S. future
tariffs and U.S. tariff preference information are searchable. Free
registration is required.
