The Trade Statistics Branch (TSB) of the United Nations Statistics Division is responsible for International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and Statistics of International Trade in Services (SITS). Additional activities include Tourism Statistics, Distributive Trade Statistics (DTS) and the Compilation of Basic Economic Statistics.

For each of these statistical areas TSB develops or is involved in the development of the international methodology and cooperates with countries and international organizations to strengthen statistical capacity. For merchandise trade (IMTS) and trade in services (SITS) TSB collects and disseminates detailed data. For merchandise trade additional outputs such as a yearbook are available. Further details are given via the links on the left-hand menu. Latest news on IMTS, SITS and additional activities are provided on the right.

Highlights and Core Outputs

2012-2013 TSB Calendar of Events
Date	Events	Organizer
14 – 17 May 2013	Regional Workshop on Travel and International Tourism Consumption Roseau, Dominica	UNSD CARICOM
11-14 December 2012	Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics Bogota, Colombia	UNSD DANE
1 - 5 October, 2012	Regional workshop on international merchandise trade statistics: Implementation of IMTS 2010 and a new vision for trade statistics San José, Costa Rica	UNSD ECLAC INEC
12 - 15 June, 2012	UNSD-SACU workshop on the implementation of the new recommendations for international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS 2010) in the Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Johannesburg, South Africa	UNSD SACU
12-14 June 2012	Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics Amman, Jordan	UNSD ESCWA AITRS SESRIC
Previous years: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006