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The Virtual World Trade Reference Room
The International Trade Administration replaced its Foreign Trade Reference Room with this research source, which contains links to current trade statistics from the U.S. government, select trade and economic data published by other countries, and similar trade resources.
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Highlights of U.S. Trade
U.S. Government Trade Databases
Index of Foreign Data Sources
Trade and Other Economic Data from International Organizations
Collections of Economic Commentary, Forecasts, and Links
General Country Reference Information
Highlights of U.S. Trade
Data:
- Trade Data Basics is a guide to key trade related terms and concepts essential for understanding U.S. trade data.
- The latest foreign trade statistics are available from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Regulation:
- Retaliation Alert is a Web site dedicated to informing U.S. businesses about retaliatory actions taken under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.
Trade Development & Assistance:
- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Trade Information Center offers assistance to U.S. exporters by providing information on importing countries, guides to U.S. export programs, foreign tariff and import fees, export resources, trade events, and directories of trade offices and U.S. exporters.
- The Economic Development Directory provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) offers a listing of federal, state, and local offices that promote trade and foreign investment.
U.S. Government Trade Databases
- TradeStats Express – Database that generates tables and graphics of U.S. merchandise trade data at both the national and state level. Data updated to the most recent quarter available.
- Metropolitan Export Series – Database containing merchandise export values for U.S. metropolitan areas
- Exporter Database – Database providing an annual statistical snapshot of U.S. exporters: their number, characteristics, and geographic distribution.
- Trade Policy Information System (TPIS) – Database containing detailed current and historical trade data and dynamically generated reports from various sources. Full access is limited to U.S. Government users, but the public can access a subset of information from the main page.
- U.S. International Services – Cross-border trade in services and services supplied through the channel of direct investment by affiliates of multinational companies. (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- International Transactions & International Investment Position Tables – Interactive tables detailing all transactions between U.S. and foreign residents (balance of payments) and the end of period value of accumulated stocks of U.S. financial assets and liabilities. (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- BEA’s Direct Investment & Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) – Selected data on inward and outward direct investment. (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- The Trade Capacity Building Database from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) allows users to search for funding data or activity descriptions by country or region, Trade Capacity Building category (including WTO agreements), and U.S. Government funding/implementing agency.
- USA Trade Online (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
- USITC Trade DataWeb (U.S. International Trade Commission)
Index of Foreign Data Sources
Trade and Other Economic Data from International Organizations
- United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics Database (UN Comtrade)
- Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat)
- OECD Statistics Portal (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) includes selected data, databases and reports on 25 topics from agriculture to transport.
- Penn World Table from the University of Pennsylvania's Center for International Comparisons offers purchasing power parity, GDP and national income accounts, converted to international prices for 168 countries from 1950-2000 with growth rates.
- World Development Indicators from the World Bank is a data query that offers a 5-year, 54-indicators segment from the World Development Indicators database.
- World Economic Outlook Reports from the International Monetary Fund
- World Trade Organization provides comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date statistics on trade in merchandise and commercial services for an assessment of world trade flows by country, region, and main product groups or service categories.
Collections of Economic Commentary, Forecasts, and Links
- Country Briefings from The Economist offer news, country profiles, forecasts and statistics.
- Federation of International Trade Associations (FITA) portal is a source for trade leads, news, events and links to 7,000 international trade related Web sites.
General Country Reference Information
Last Updated: 10/29/15 11:01 AM