International Trade Statistics & Info
- World Trade Organization
- Find news, statistics, trade profiles, speeches, legal texts and much more.
- Understanding the WTO: the Uruguay Round (WTO)
- Explore the history and documents behind the creation of the World Trade Organization.
- TradeAgreements.gov
- This is an interagency effort to support free trade agreements. Text of existing FTAs is included.
- International Trade Statistics 2007 (WTO)
- This annual publication details trade in merchandise and commercial services.
- Foreign Trade Statistics (Census Bureau)
- This website has trade highlights, statistics, regulations, codes and forms for exporters.
- Industry Trade Data and Analysis (ITA)
- This website from the Office of Trade and Industry Information, a division of the International Trade Administration, has data on exports to foreign countries from states and metro areas, industry-specific trade data, and statistics on exporters.
- TradeStats Express (OTII)
- This nifty tool allows you to pick the data you want (import, export or trade balance - state or national) and the item, then it maps the current year data and provides the report for the years selected. Some data coverage starts in 1989.
- Data Analysis Supporting U.S. Trade Agreements (ITA)
- These reports contain mostly state export data.
- NAFTA Ten Years Later (Export.gov)
- This report covers statistics on trade under the North American Free Trade Agreement from 1993-2003.
- The Virtual World Trade Reference Room (Dept. of Commerce)
- This is a good list of available online data sources.
- International Trade and Tariff Data (WTO)
- View the WTO's annual statistical publications on trade or tariff data, or use the interactive statistical database.
- Concordances for Trade and Tariff Data
- Here you can find a list of sites to convert from one classification code to another.
- Foreign Trade Codes (Census Bureau)
- Here you can find country codes, export codes, district codes and product codes.
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule (ITC)
- Tariffs on imported goods classified using the international nomenclature structure of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.
- RAMON - Eurostat's Classification Codes
- Classifications and nomenclatures used in European statistics.
- National Trade Performances (WTO)
- Trade performance analysis by country from the International Trade Centre.
- Market Research Library (ITA)
- through this site you can access reports by country, such as the Country Commercial guides, Best Market Reports and Market Research Reports.
- USA Trade Online (password protected - come see us)
- This database from the Census Bureau provides import and export data in the Harmonized System of NAICS on thousands of commodities.
- SICE: Foreign Trade Information System (OAS)
- Find information on trade agreements concerning the countries of the Organization of American States.
- UNCTAD GlobStat (UN)
- Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures.
- 2008 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers (USTR)
- This annual report provides detailed reports on individual countries regarding U.S. companies' access to their markets.
- Foreign Trade and Global Economic Policies (State Dept.)
- This is chapter 10 of a volume prepared for the U.S. Department of State by former Wall Street Journal reporters on the history of the U.S. economy.
- U.S. International Trade Statistics (Census Bureau)
- Here you can look up U.S. imports or exports to or from other countries either by country or SITC code.
- Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics: Description of the Foreign Trade Statistical Program
- This guide describes and defines concepts and terminology used in trade statistics.
- International Programs and Publications (Bureau of Transportation Statistics)
- This agency reports on transborder freight statistics and border crossings for the United States and its contiguous neighbors.
U.S. Trade Agencies
- Office of the United States Trade Representative (WTO)
- Information on trade agreements and U.S. trade policy by the office that represent the U.S. in international trade disputes and negotiations.
- Business.Gov: Import/Export
- Guides to getting started in importing or exporting products.
- U.S. Commercial Service (ITA)
- This trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration helps U.S. companies get started in exporting by providing market research and business counseling.
- Import Administration (ITA)
- This agency is the watchdog for unfairly traded imports and takes action when it finds trade practices that adversely impact American companies.
- Foreign Agricultural Service Marketing Events Calendar (USDA)
- This database is designed to help suppliers of U.S. agriculture, fishery and forestry products penetrate foreign markets by listing promotional activities that provide new business opportunities.
- BuyUSA.Gov (U.S. Commercial Service)
- This is a listing of international offices by country for businesses to contact when trying to engage in business in that country.
- Overseas Private Investment Corporation
- U.S. companies can utilize OPIC's services to expand into emerging markets world-wide.
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