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- Merchandise
- Classifications
- Commodity Indexes for the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3
- HS, SITC and BEC conversion and correspondence tables
- Areas not elsewhere specified
- Comtrade Country Code and Name
- Data Conversion
- Correlation between ISIC and SITC codes (or Commodity and Industry)
- Intermediate Goods in Trade Statistics
- Search SITC code description
- Technology Intensiveness
- UN Comtrade Reference Tables
- International Trade and Climate Change
- HS 2002 Classification by Section
- Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding Systems (HS)
- Classification by Broad Economic Categories (Rev.4)
- Non-Monetary Gold in Trade Classifications (SITC, HS)
- Country codes in ISO 3166
- UN Comtrade Conversion table from HS2007 to SITC, Rev.3
- 5th revision of the Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC)
- Classification by Broad Economic Categories (BEC) - Correlation Tables
- Commodity indexes for SITC
- Regional Groupings
- Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 4
- Standard International Trade Classification Revision 3
- Technological classification of exports by SITC
- Customs Quick Tool HS codes for Screen ODS 2007
- Additional correspondence tables from UNSD Classifications website
- Transparency for the World Wide Transfer and Use of Biological Dual Use Goods
- Metadata
- Afghanistan Metadata
- Albania Metadata
- Algeria Metadata
- Andorra Metadata
- Anguilla Metadata
- Antigua and Barbuda Metadata
- Argentina Metadata
- Armenia Metadata
- Aruba Metadata
- Australia Metadata
- Austria Metadata
- Azerbaijan Metadata
- Bahamas Metadata
- Bahrain Metadata
- Bangladesh Metadata
- Barbados Metadata
- Belarus Metadata
- Belgium Metadata
- Belize Metadata
- Benin Metadata
- Bermuda Metadata
- Bhutan Metadata
- Bolivia Metadata
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Metadata
- Botswana Metadata
- Brazil Metadata
- Brunei Darussalam Metadata
- Bulgaria Metadata
- Burkina Faso Metadata
- Burundi Metadata
- Cambodia Metadata
- Cameroon Metadata
- Canada Metadata
- Cape Verde Metadata
- Central African Republic Metadata
- Chile Metadata
- China, Hong Kong SAR Metadata
- China, Macao SAR Metadata
- China Metadata
- Colombia Metadata
- Comoros Metadata
- Congo Metadata
- Cook Islands Metadata
- Costa Rica Metadata
- Côte d'Ivoire Metadata
- Croatia Metadata
- Cuba Metadata
- Cyprus Metadata
- Czech Republic Metadata
- Denmark Metadata
- Dominica Metadata
- Dominican Republic Metadata
- Ecuador Metadata
- Egypt Metadata
- El Salvador Metadata
- Eritrea Metadata
- Estonia Metadata
- Ethiopia Metadata
- EU-27 Metadata
- Faeroe Islands Metadata
- Fiji Metadata
- France Metadata
- Gambia Metadata
- Georgia Metadata
- Germany Metadata
- Ghana Metadata
- Greece Metadata
- Greenland Metadata
- Grenada Metadata
- Guatemala Metadata
- Guinea-Bissau Metadata
- Guinea Metadata
- Guyana Metadata
- Honduras Metadata
- Hungary Metadata
- Iceland Metadata
- India Metadata
- Indonesia Metadata
- Iran Metadata
- Iraq Metadata
- Ireland Metadata
- Israel Metadata
- Italy Metadata
- Jamaica Metadata
- Japan Metadata
- Jordan Metadata
- Kazakhstan Metadata
- Kenya Metadata
- Kiribati Metadata
- Kuwait Metadata
- Kyrgyzstan Metadata
- Latvia Metadata
- Lebanon Metadata
- Lesotho Metadata
- Libya Metadata
- Lithuania Metadata
- Luxembourg Metadata
- Madagascar Metadata
- Malawi Metadata
- Malaysia Metadata
- Maldives Metadata
- Mali Metadata
- Malta Metadata
- Mauritania Metadata
- Mauritius Metadata
- Mayotte Metadata
- Mexico Metadata
- Mongolia Metadata
- Montserrat Metadata
- Morocco Metadata
- Mozambique Metadata
- Nepal Metadata
- Netherlands Metadata
- Nicaragua Metadata
- Nigeria Metadata
- Niger Metadata
- Norway Metadata
- Occupied Palestinian Territory Metadata
- Oman Metadata
- Pakistan Metadata
- Panama Metadata
- Papua New Guinea Metadata
- Paraguay Metadata
- Peru Metadata
- Poland Metadata
- Portugal Metadata
- Qatar Metadata
- Republic of Korea Metadata
- Republic of Moldova Metadata
- Romania Metadata
- Russian Federation Metadata
- Rwanda Metadata
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Metadata
- Saint Lucia Metadata
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Metadata
- Samoa Metadata
- Sao Tome and Principe Metadata
- Saudi Arabia Metadata
- Senegal Metadata
- Serbia and Montenegro Metadata
- Seychelles Metadata
- Sierra Leone Metadata
- Singapore Metadata
- Slovakia Metadata
- Slovenia Metadata
- Solomon Islands Metadata
- South Africa Metadata
- Spain Metadata
- Sri Lanka Metadata
- Statistical Territories of the World for Use in International Merchandise Trade Statistics
- Sudan Metadata
- Suriname Metadata
- Swaziland Metadata
- Sweden Metadata
- Switzerland Metadata
- Syria Metadata
- Tanzania Metadata
- TFYR of Macedonia Metadata
- Thailand Metadata
- Timor-Leste Metadata
- Togo Metadata
- Tonga Metadata
- Trinidad and Tobago Metadata
- Turkey Metadata
- Turks and Caicos Islands Metadata
- Tuvalu Metadata
- Uganda Metadata
- Ukraine Metadata
- United Arab Emirates Metadata
- United Kingdom Metadata
- United States of America Metadata
- Uruguay Metadata
- Vanuatu Metadata
- Venezuela Metadata
- Vietnam Metadata
- Wallis and Futuna Islands Metadata
- Yemen Metadata
- Zambia Metadata
- Zimbabwe Metadata
- Methodology and Manuals
- Country Notes
- Data quality and metadata (UNSD, Hanoi 2010)
- IMTS: Concepts and Definitions, Rev. 3 (2010)
- IMTS: Compiler's Manual (2004)
- Calculation of dollar value in trade statistics - Current value or constant dollar value
- Quantity and Weight Data in UN Comtrade
- Methodology for estimating bilateral trade flows
- IMTS: Concepts and Definitions Rev.2 1998
- New Canadian International Trade Price Index: Brief Overview
- Special trade system
- National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers
- Import-Export Unit Value Indices
- IMTS: Supplement to the Compiler's Manual (2008)
- Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade: Two studies of national practice
- Trade valuation
- Conversion from volume (code 7) and number (code 5) to weight (code 8)
- Asymmetry in foreign trade statistics in Mediterranean partner countries
- Methodological synthesis of the Mexican international merchandise trade statistics
- Bilateral asymmetries
- Eurostat - Manual on the FATS
- IMF Data Quality Assessment Framework
- Mirrors statistics
- Reconcilation statistics - Example: Germany
- Chile: Supplementary Topics
- Eurostat: Measurement of Processing Activities in the European Community Trade Statistics
- Eurostat: The INTRASTAT system
- National Quality Assurance Frameworks
- Quality Framework for OECD Statistical Activities
- System of National Accounts 2008 - 2008 SNA
- Guidelines on Principles of a System of Price and Quantity Statistics
- Publications
- Allocating Data from HS 6 Digit to HS 2 Digit
- Analytical Tables (Publications)
- Conciliación de las estadísticas del comercio internacional de mercancías México - Estados Unidos - Canadá, 1998 y 1999
- e-unwto
- International Trade Statistics Yearbook (ITSY)
- Introduction of Publication Notes
- Mexico: Publicación de Estadísticas de Comercio Exterior de Mercancías en Internet
- Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Tables
- National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers: A Technical Report
- OECD: Globalisation and Trade Indicators
- Report on business registers (UNSC, 2011)
- Strategies for Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade - A Technical Report
- Trade indicators - ITC
- World Trade Flows: 1962-2000
- UN Comtrade Guidelines
- UN Comtrade Monthly Data - Bulk Download
- UN Comtrade and UNData
- UN Comtrade Community Forum
- UN Comtrade Glossary
- UN Comtrade Data Availability (via Comtrade Web Services)
- What is UN Comtrade
- Use UN Comtrade via World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS)
- Comtrade User Guide
- Using a predefined group for ''world'' as reporter
- Reported and Converted Data / Conversion Issues
- Eligible Favored Country List for UN Comtrade database
- My Account (Manual)
- Classifications
- Services
- Publications SITS
- SITS Profiles
- Antigua and Barbuda - SITS profile
- Argentina - SITS Profile
- Armenia - SITS Profile
- Aruba - SITS Profile
- Azerbaijan - SITS Profile
- Belarus - SITS Profile
- Brazil - SITS Profile
- Cambodia - SITS profile
- Chile - SITS Profile
- Colombia - SITS Profile
- Costa Rica - SITS Profile
- Ecuador - SITS Profile
- Georgia - SITS Profile
- Grenada - SITS profile
- Jamaica - SITS profile
- Kazakhstan - SITS Profile
- Kyrgyzstan - SITS Profile
- Lao PDR - SITS profile
- Malaysia - SITS Profile
- Moldova - SITS Profile
- Myanmar - SITS profile
- Netherland Antilles - SITS profile
- Norway - SITS Profile
- Panama - SITS profile
- Paraguay - SITS profile
- Peru - SITS profile
- Russian Federation - SITS Profile
- St Vincent and the Grenadines - SITS Profile
- Tajikistan - SITS Profile
- Timor-Leste - SITS profile
- Ukraine - SITS Profile
- Venezuela - SITS profile
- Classifications
- Manuals and Methodology
- 38th UNSC - Report of the SG and the WTO on tourism statistics
- Balance of Payments, 5th Edition
- Balance of Payments - BPM6
- Bilateral Trade Asymmetries in Trade in Services
- Difference BoP - Foreign Trade statistics - Eurostat, 2004
- FDI statistics (Eurostat, Hanoi 2010)
- Foreign Affiliates Statistics (WTO, Rio de Janeiro 2009)
- IMTS Methodology
- IRTS 1993
- IRTS 2008
- MSITS 2002
- MSITS 2010
- Negative values in trade in services
- Overview of EU tourism statistics (Eurostat, Chisinau 2010)
- Overview of the BPM6 (UNSD, Hanoi 2010)
- Overview of the IRTS 2008 (UNSD, Hanoi 2010)
- Overview of the MSITS 2010 (UNSD, Hanoi 2010)
- Tourism statistics in the CIS countries (CISSTAT, Chisinau 2010)
- TSA: RMF 2008
- UN ServiceTrade Data Collection
- Trade in Services Statistics and Tourism
- User Guides & FAQs
- Definitions
- "Exclude" in Commodity Codes selection/query
- Advance facility on data query through UN Comtrade References (via Comtrade Web Services)
- Aggregation Option in Basic & Express Selection
- Annual Totals Table (ATT) for Imports and Exports
- Asynchronous Web Service (DEPRECATED)
- Data Availability in UN Comtrade
- Data Exchange Suite (DES)
- Data Extraction Using Comtrade Web Service
- Differences between Imports and Exports, Reporters and Partners
- Download format in UN Comtrade
- EU-27 in UN Comtrade
- Explanatory Notes Via Web Service
- Finding 6-digit detailed commodity codes in HS Classification in UN Comtrade
- First Time User
- Free Access to UN Comtrade
- Free Zones and Bunkers
- How can I download data greater than 150,000 records from UN Comtrade?
- How do I get world exports to and from various groups of countries, i.e. how do I aggregate partners and reporters?
- How do I select the type of classification?
- How to get top ten commodities in UN Comtrade
- How to query for 'all countries'?
- How to use "Batch Processing" feature in UN Comtrade
- How to use the "Basic Selection" feature in the Data Query
- How to use UN Comtrade
- IMTS Publication List
- Intra-regional trade for EU countries: 1999 onwards
- North Korea import/export of luxury goods as defined by UN Comtrade
- Obtaining data for commodities by 6-digit code
- Payment of Royalty Fees
- Policy on use and re-dissemination of UN Comtrade data
- Quantity unit tons in detailed level data
- Real time trade data information availability by RSS
- Reporter country codes and their customs areas
- Royalty Fees
- Saudi Arabia Trade
- Saved Query Alert and Notification
- Subcategories do not add up to higher level codes
- Taiwan, Province of China Trade data
- Tariff line product code description
- The difference between World and All countries in WITS
- Timetable for data availability of country
- Where can I get tariff data?
- Why and How to subscribe?
- Why China’s reimports are so high
- Why there is such a large discrepancy when data is converted from H3 to H1
- Data availability for China prior to 1984
- Detailed Trade Data by Country
- Hong Kong trade with China
- Historical data 1900-1960 on international merchandise trade statistics
- I have received an error, what should I do?
- Internet Facility Requirements
- Leasing of aircraft -- financial leasing
- Normal View in UN Comtrade
- Obtain Top Partners
- PC-TAS and the UN Comtrade Database
- Principle of Roll-over
- Publication Notes Via Web Service
- Tag Clouds in UN Comtrade
- Use wildcards for commodity codes to query data
- PRINT Feature in UN Comtrade
- Explanation of Symbols in the International Trade Statistics Yearbook
- Changes in trade reporting practices of countries with colonies
- Contact us
- Food provided on airlines - Transportation Services
- Measurement of iron trade, specifically in used cars
- UN ServiceTrade database User Guide
- The UN Comtrade bulk data API
- Crosstab Query
- How to show missing trades from 2 different years (example)
- Venezuela Trade
- Shuttle trade
- UN Comtrade Labs
- Workshop Materials
- Statistical Commission
- Highest detailed level data available in UN Comtrade
- Archives
- Countries Presentations
- Trade Statistics Coding Systems
- Access Points and Parameters for Web Services
- Comtrade SDMX, Web Services and Data Exchange
- ComtradeTools (BETA)
- How to use the "Express Selection" feature in the Data Query
- Most Favorable Country List for UN Comtrade database
- UN Comtrade SDMX
- EG-IMTS: UN Expert Group on International Merchandise Trade Statistics
- Template
- Country Code
- Definition: Customs warehousing
- How to load a CSV file into MS Access
- Foreign Affiliates Statistics (Eurostat, Hanoi 2010)
- European Statistics Code of Practice
- Tariff Line
- The Canadian International Merchandise Trade Statistical Program
- Change in Statistical Territory of Italy
- Definition: Customs Territory
- Síntesis metodológica de la estadística del comercio exterior de México
- Trade Value Estimation
- Who Procues for Whom in the World Economy?
- Bolivia: Commodity classification and quantity measurement
- Angola: Trade indicators on National level
- Workshops and technical assistance missions
- Cooperation with international and regional organizations
- BEC - SITC Rev. 4 correspondence
- International cooperation and workshops
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