Global Development & International Microdata
International Trade Flows
United Nations Statistics Division
UN COMTRADE
Gravity models of international trade, export/import elasticity, bilateral trade balance studies.
📊 Overview
Platform: UN COMTRADE
Domain: International Trade Flows
Maintained by: United Nations Statistics Division
📥 Access & Resources
Access and formats:
Bulk CSV downloads, REST API
R wrapper package:
comtradr
Python wrapper package:
comtradeapicall
🎯 Teaching & Analysis
Gravity models of international trade, export/import elasticity, bilateral trade balance studies.
Use this dataset to
- Retrieve bilateral import and export flows
- Filter trade data by commodity and partner country
- Estimate gravity models of international trade
- Study trade balances and import-export elasticities