This unique database, the largest of its kind in the world, is now available at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/comtrade.
Key features of the UN COMTRADE Database:
- The most comprehensive international trade data provided on the Internet;
- Trade data converted to 6 different commodity classifications providing detail and international comparability;
- More than 700 million records covering 40 years;
- Detailed footnotes and meta-information on sources and data definitions;
- Help index to provide answers to a variety of questions.
The UN COMTRADE meets the statistical information needs of many different users:
- Basic data extraction for users who are looking for specific trade information;
- Trade profiles of countries or products with graphical snapshots for users who want a quick overview;
- Database exploration can be done via various tools like the UN COMTRADE explorer or Data availability;
- Advanced data selection is available for users who want to make their own groups of countries or commodities, and want to create their own download record format and save their data queries;
- Quick search gives access to all parts of the UN COMTRADE system by country, commodity or year;
- Metadata menu items (Commodities list, Countries list and Glossary) allows users to access and view the full list of commodity headings, the references of the terms used, and to get background information on countries.
From the users:
First made available to the public for testing in 2002, UN COMTRADE is now in its second year. Here are some comments from the users:
"Extremely useful tool for researchers."
___ Roberta De Santis, Italy
"Very useful and powerful database. Great fun. Thank you very much for making this data available."
___Kai Taylor, Alcatel, Germany
" A fabulous program."
___Felix Ambroj, Spain
"Great information, the most comprehensive stats on fresh food export / import I have found."
___Karen Kirton, Trade Consultant, Australia
Access to the UN COMTRADE
Users have three choices of accessing the UN COMTRADE, namely (i) as a guest user without password and with free, but limited access (up to 1,000 records browsable and no download feature) or (ii) through individual subscription with a username and password or (iii) through an organizational subscription using the Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Annual subscription rates for the UN COMTRADE Database:
| Single User Access | Commercial Rate | Not for Profit Rate |
| Option 1 up to 100,000 records | $ 100 | $ 100 |
| Option 2 up to 1,000,000 records | $ 500 | $ 400 |
| Option 3 up to 5,000,000 records | $ 2,000 | $ 1,500 |
| Multiple Users Access | Commercial Rate | Not for Profit Rate |
| Site License | $ 5,000 | $ 3,750 |
Please contact us at:
For Orders from North America, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific:
United Nations Publications
Room DC2-0853, Dept. I004
New York, N.Y. 10017
Tel: (800) 253-9646, (212) 963-8302
Fax: (212) 963-3489
E-mail: subscriptions@un.org
For Orders from Europe, Middle East and Africa:
Publications des Nations Unies
Section des Ventes et Commercialisation
Bureau E-4,
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: +4122 917 2600/2614
Fax: +4122 917 0027
E-mail: unpubli@unog.ch
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