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

2010-2011 TSB Calendar of Events
Date	Events	Organizer
6-9 Dec, 2011	Meeting on compilation issues of IMTS 2010 Mexico City, Mexico	UNSD INEGI
24-26 Oct, 2011	Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics Beijing, China	UNSD NBS
26-30, Sep 2011	Seminar on International Trade Statistics for countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implementation of IMTS 2010 and follow-up to the Global Forum Vilnius, Lithuania	UNSD
23 Feb, 2011	Seminar: Progress in International Trade Statistics Side event during the 42nd Session of the Statistical Commission	UNSD
2-4 Feb, 2011	Global Forum on Trade Statistics: Measuring Global Trade - Do We Have the Right Numbers? Geneva, Switzerland	UNSD Eurostat WTO
30 Nov - 3 Dec, 2010	Workshop on Statistics of International Trade in Services for the South-East Asian countries Hanoi, Vietnam	UNSD GSO
1-5 Nov, 2010	Workshop on updated and new recommendations for International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS 2010) and their implementation in countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa region Lusaka, Zambia	UNSD COMESA
29 June-2 July, 2010	Workshop on Tourism Statistics for CIS countries and Georgia Chisinau, Moldova	UNSD UNWTO CISSTAT NBS
25 Feb, 2010	Seminar on International Trade Statistics: Finding answers for a changing world, new challenges and opportunities Side event during the 41st Session of the Statistical Commission	UNSD
24 Feb, 2010	Inter-agency consultation on international trade statistics Side event during the 41st Session of the Statistical Commission	UNSD
2-5 Feb, 2010	Workshop on the Methodology and Data Compilation of International Merchandise Statistics Phnom Penh, Cambodia	UNSD/ESCAP
Previous years: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006