What are trade statistics?

Imports and exports merchandized trade data by product commodities and country markets. Trade statistics measure trade flow by value and volume; and is published on a monthly basis.

What is international trade?

Also known as global trade - it is the import export flow of goods and services between countries.

What is global trade?

Also known as international trade - it is the import export flow of goods and services between countries.

What is bilateral trade?

Is the exchange of goods between two countries which encourages trade, investment and economic growth. The two countries will reduce or eliminate tariffs, import quotas, export restraints, and other trade barriers to encourage trade and investment.

What are Harmonized Standard (HS) codes?

Administered by the World Customs Organization (WCO) - Harmonized Standard codes is a numerical method of classifying traded products. HS codes are used by customs authorities to identify products when assessing duties, taxes and gathering statistics.

A trade war happens when one country retaliates against another by raising import tariffs or placing other restrictions on the other country's imports.

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Global Import Export Data & Commodity Trade Data

Timely and accurate world trade data statistics for 98% of the world's import and export merchandise trade

The source to timely and accurate international trade statistics for 98% of the world’s import and export merchandise trade by Commodity, Industry Sector, Country, and etc.

Global Trade Atlas (GTA) is the market-leading solution for access to a comprehensive view of global trade data in every commodity at the most detailed level of harmonized system code (HS code). GTA encompasses dependable monthly bilateral trade data for 113 countries and annual data for close to 200 countries, based on official imports and exports statistics.

GTA has a dedicated team of data operation professionals collecting and collating world trade statistics through official sources. We then align various reporting methodologies into unified format, and convert currencies and unit of measure to provide the best in class trade data tool experiences.

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Key Benefits

Competitive Benchmarking

Understand your business in its global context better by viewing country data to compare your known import-export data versus the total market

New Opportunity Evaluation

Easily identify developing industries, markets and emerging trade routes for new purchase, supply sources or investments

Decision/Negotiation Support

Use trade statistics, including tariff commodity codes, to stay abreast of changing policies

Market Analysis

Easily find comprehensive import-export data, including port and transportation mode for many countries

Analysis & Forecasting

Build credible predictive models and make forecasts based on 20+ years of data

GTA Key Features

Macroeconomic indicator – Monthly impact assessment of Commodity, Industry Sector, Country, and etc
Visibility of traded commodities by Quantities, Total Values and Unit Values
Additional Data Fields – Monthly trade flows per:
- Port
- Regional regime
- Transport modes
- Re-export / Domestics
- Port
- State
- Customs District
- Province
- Regional regime
- US NAICS and more
Currency and Unit conversions
In-depth research across disparate data sources

Repeatable saved reports
User–defined commodity groups and location groups
Data sources certified to ISO9001:2015
Multi-Language Support: GTA on Connect support eleven languages

Our customers in Consulting Firms, Government, Academic, Finance, Multinational Business, Research and Trade Associations confidently rely on GTA for comparable, dependable and easy-to-use global trade information from a single service. Many of our customers also use the Global Trade Atlas in combination with

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Expanded Features of GTA in Connect

Your annual subscription includes unlimited access for all users, with complete training and product support from our global customer service team.

Now Global Trade Atlas is delivered through our state-of-the-art platform Connect

Improved user navigation and data queries

Search and filter international import and export trade data with ease
User-defined groups, multilingual search, saved search function, currency converter
Search commodity, country, merchandise value, quantity and unit price by year, half-year, quarter or month
Transportation mode and location filters for many countries

Enhanced data extraction

Schedule your download extract and automate delivery of international commodity trade data files into your internal systems
Customize reports by year-over-year or month-over-month so you can correlate unit prices and volumes over time
API (Application programming interfaces) facilitates GTA users to download large amounts of data quickly

Report management and sharing

Set your Excel downloads to refresh automatically
Graph the data, export charts for your Excel and PowerPoint presentations
Share your customized reports directly on Connect to fellow GTA users

Headline analysis and commentary

Keep pace with market trends and developments with regular insight from experts across the S&P Global business

Global Trade Atlas FAQ

What are trade statistics?: Imports and exports merchandized trade data by product commodities and country markets. Trade statistics measure trade flow by value and volume; and is published on a monthly basis.
What is international trade?: Also known as global trade - it is the import export flow of goods and services between countries.
What is global trade?: Also known as international trade - it is the import export flow of goods and services between countries.
What is bilateral trade?: Is the exchange of goods between two countries which encourages trade, investment and economic growth. The two countries will reduce or eliminate tariffs, import quotas, export restraints, and other trade barriers to encourage trade and investment.
What are Harmonized Standard (HS) codes?: Administered by the World Customs Organization (WCO) - Harmonized Standard codes is a numerical method of classifying traded products. HS codes are used by customs authorities to identify products when assessing duties, taxes and gathering statistics.
What is a trade war?: A trade war happens when one country retaliates against another by raising import tariffs or placing other restrictions on the other country's imports.
What is Global Trade Atlas? (What is GTA?): Global Trade Atlas (GTA) is the market-leading solution for access to a comprehensive view of global trade data in every commodity at the most detailed level of harmonized system code (HS code). GTA encompasses dependable monthly bilateral trade data for 101 countries and annual data for close to 200 countries, based on official imports and exports statistics.

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Experts

Mabel Ng

Mabel is the Executive Director of trade data tools product management at S&P Global Market Intelligence. She is responsible for the vision and roadmap of the Panjiva and Global Trade Analytics Suite product portfolio, inclusive of Global Trade Atlas (GTA), PIERS bill of lading, and GTA Forecasting products. Mabel partners with executives and businesses of all sizes to identify growth opportunities, reduce supply chain risk and assess markets. She has a passion for developing strong business relationships with customers to solve practical problems. Mabel has an extensive international trade background, prior to joining S&P Global, she spent ten years at the shipping line industry where she was responsible for new market analytics and research initiatives.Mabel has an MBA and a Juris Doctor from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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Mike Wiman

As Director and subject matter expert within the Maritime & Trade industry solutions team, Mike leads a global team specializing in matching product solutions and workflows to specific industry needs to enhance intelligence, compliance, performance and efficiency. Mike has eight years' experience in client-facing roles at S&P Global supporting clients with many products across a wide range of business lines including Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Chemical, Economics & Country Risk, Energy, Maritime & Trade and Technology.Prior to S&P Global, Mike spent a considerable portion of his career managing contact center teams in various industries. He is based in Englewood, Colorado, USA.

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Tim McLaughlin

Tim leads the Trade Analytics product portfolio within the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain division at S&P Global Market Intelligence, and a global pre-sales engineering team called Industry Solutions. He is responsible for the product development for our Global Trade Analytics Suite product portfolio, inclusive of Global Trade Atlas (GTA), PIERS bill of lading, and GTA Forecasting products.In addition to his product management duties, Tim oversees a global team of subject matter experts whose primary focus is to serve top accounts within the Maritime, Trade & Supply Chain business and support revenue generating activities. His teams' partner with executives and businesses of all types and sizes to identify growth opportunities, reduce supply chain risk and assess global markets. He has a passion for business process improvement and project management, often leading projects to improve internal processes through increased automation and outsourcing.Prior to joining S&P Global, Tim spent five years as a Business Process Consultant at the world's largest pre-employment screen company. He has a bachelor's in criminal justice from Pace University in Westchester New York.

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Jeremy Domballe

Jeremy works within the Industry Solutions team. A highly specialised unit with deep understanding of the divisions data assets and solutions, industry and use cases as to be able to partner with executives and businesses of all sizes around the world to identify growth opportunities, reduce global supply chain risk, assess markets, as well as assisting in providing transparency in the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) space, as well as risk & compliance within shipping.He adds particular expertise in the area of maritime risk and compliance, whereby his analysis of deceptive shipping practises and illicit trading have helped to identify high risk assets and related entities. He has been featured in several webinars, reports and podcasts which vary in theme, but include topics such as Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Sanctions evasion, and the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as well as writing several blog articles. Jeremy has six years of experience in the industry with a history of client support.He holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Hazards & Disaster Management, graduating from Kingston University, London and is fluent in French.

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Resources

Commodity Trading Strategy: Utilizing Trade Data to Access Volatility and Forecast Trends

Global Trade Atlas (GTA) - Vietnam Trade Profile

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Experts

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