STATISTICS
Bulk download of trade datasets
The majority of the data available for bulk download are now accessible in the WTO Stats database.
Merchandise trade values annual dataset
(Last update: October 2023 — Next update: April 2024)
To extract in WTO Stats, select “International Trade Statistics” → “Merchandise trade values”, then select all annual datasets, click Apply, then on the CSV icon. See image here.
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Trade flows include domestic exports, re-exports, and retained imports. Commodity groups are based on the SITC product nomenclature.
Statistics on merchandise trade are mainly sourced from national sources and complemented with estimations produced by the WTO. Data for individual European Union members are drawn from Eurostat. Additional data sources include UNSD COMTRADE, the IMF International Financial Statistics, and UNCTAD.
For more information on the statistical sources, compilation methodologies and definitions of groups please refer to the Technical Notes.
Merchandise trade indices annual dataset
(Last update: October 2023 — Next update: April 2024)
To extract in WTO Stats, select “International Trade Statistics” → “Merchandise trade — indices and prices”, then select all annual datasets, click Apply, then on the CSV icon. See image here.
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Value indices are calculated by the WTO, based on the WTO Merchandise Trade dataset. Unit value indices are sourced mainly from national sources and WTO estimations based on World Bank/IMF commodity prices. Unit value indices from South and Central American countries are based on ECLAC data. Data for individual European Union members are drawn from Eurostat. Other sources used for the indices include the IMF International Trade Statistics and UNCTAD.
Volume indices are calculated by the WTO, deflating the value indices with the unit value indices.
For more information on the statistical sources, compilation methodologies and definitions of groups please refer to the Technical Notes.
Trade in services annual dataset
(Last update: July 2023 — Next update: July 2024)
To extract in WTO Stats, select “International Trade Statistics” → “Trade in commercial services”, then select all annual datasets, click Apply, then on the CSV icon. See image here.
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The figures are in conformity with the concepts, definitions and classification of the sixth edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) as well as the 2010 edition of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS 2010).
Statistics on trade in commercial services are sourced from the IMF Balance of Payments Statistics and from the Trade in Services by Partner Country dataset of the OECD. Data for European Union members, EU candidate and EU observer countries are drawn from Eurostat. For some economies, data are drawn from national sources. Where possible, reported data are complemented by estimations produced by the WTO and UNCTAD.
For more information on the statistical sources, compilation methodologies and definitions of groups please refer to the Technical Notes.
WTO-OECD Balanced Trade in Services Dataset (BaTiS) — BPM6
(Last update: April 2023 — Next update: tbd)
BaTiS is an analytical dataset which contains a complete, consistent and balanced matrix of international trade in services. Statistics cover the period 2005-2021, for over 200 reporters and partners, and 12 EBOPS 2010 categories in addition to total services.
The documents below are available for download:
- A data file, containing the reported trade figures as well as the values resulting from all estimations and adjustment procedures, for imports and exports. It also includes the “balanced” trade values, i.e. the reconciled trade flows.
- A codes file, which explains the codes used in the data file for the different variables.
- The methodological paper, which accompanies the dataset and describes its compilation methodology in detail.
WTO-OECD Balanced Trade in Services Dataset (BaTiS) — BPM5
(Last update: November 2017)
This is an analytical dataset which contains a complete and consistent matrix of trade in services statistics. The data cover the period 1995-2012, for 191 reporters and 193 partners, and 11 main EBOPS 2002 categories in addition to total services.
The documents below are available for download:
- A data file, containing the reported trade figures as well as the values resulting from all estimations and adjustment procedures, for imports and exports. It also includes the “balanced” trade values, i.e. the reconciled trade flows.
- A codes file, which explains the codes used in the data file for the different variables.
- The methodological paper, which accompanies the dataset and describes its compilation methodology in detail.
As the two editions of BaTiS follow different international standards for compiling balance of payments statistics (the fifth edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, or BPM5, for the first BaTIS, and the sixth edition, or BPM6, for the current version), users are advised not to combine the two datasets as this would create comparability issues across the time series.
High quality data on international trade in services that provide insights into the types of services that are traded, and with which partner countries, are vital for economic analyses and policy making. However, for many economies, the currently available trade in services statistics lack an adequate level of detail. In addition, the quality of the reported information is not always satisfactory. The OECD and WTO have been working to develop a transparent methodology to estimate coherent bilateral trade in services statistics. Using all available official trade in services data as a starting point, we complemented those statistics with a number of estimations and then made the data internally consistent through a series of adjustment procedures. The ultimate goal of this work is to develop a dataset that forms the international benchmark for trade in services statistics that is constantly improved as new data become available.
Trade in Services data by mode of supply (TISMOS)
TISMOS, or Trade in Services data by Mode of Supply, is a new experimental dataset produced by the WTO and funded by the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission.
Given the unavailability of such information in official trade statistics, the objective of TISMOS is to provide for the first time an overall picture of international trade in services by the four modes of supply as defined in the GATS. TISMOS covers 200 individual economies for the period 2005-2017. The European Union (28) aggregate is available from 2010 to 2017. The information is broken down by service sector and refers to the economies' trade with the rest of the world.
The documents below are available for download:
- Two data files, containing the reported and estimated trade values, for imports and exports according to the four modes of supply.
- A codes file, which explains the codes used in the data file for the different variables.
- The methodological paper, which describes how TISMOS was built.
- Addendum: a worldwide FATS output dataset, covering 200 economies, 13 service sectors and the period 2005-2017.
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