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COMTRADE

1. The availability of the international trade statistics of UN COMTRADE (The United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics database) via the WITS application has been made possible with the permission of the United Nations. UN COMTRADE contains annual imports and exports statistics for more than 160 reporting countries or areas, which account for almost all trade worldwide. The trade statistics are detailed giving value and quantity for each commodity broken down by trading partner. These data are copyrighted by the United Nations. They are made available for internal use only and may not be re-disseminated in any form without written permission of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).
2. Free unlimited access to UN COMTRADE is available for all users on the website of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) at http://comtrade.un.org/db/default.aspx . A download limit of 50,000 data records per query is applicable for technical reasons. There is no limit on the number of queries. The same free access and limitations apply for obtaining UN COMTRADE data via the WITS application.
3. Institutional users from developing countries and users from International Organizations can request registration at the UN COMTRADE website and will be provided with special arrangements (for details see https://unp.un.org/comtrade.aspx). Those special arrangements would apply also to download of UN COMTRADE data via WITS, once registered at the UN COMTRADE site.
4. UN COMTRADE offers Premium access, which allows for downloads of more than 50,000 records and for the use of advanced functions of UN COMTRADE. Premium access is payable. For details on how to obtain such access see https://unp.un.org/comtrade.aspx. Premium access to UN COMTRADE via WITS can be obtained in the same way.
5. (a) Use of UN COMTRADE data is subject to a license agreement which can be found at http://comtrade.un.org/db/help/LicenseAgreement.aspx, irrespective whether the data is accessed via free or premium access.
    (b) Users need to acknowledge the disclaimer which is given in the section “Read me first” on the UN COMTRADE website at: http://comtrade.un.org/db/help/uReadMeFirst.aspx.
6. Additional information on UN Comtrade can be found on the following web pages:

    (a) Further details regarding the free basic data access to UN COMTRADE as well as information on premium access options at https://unp.un.org/comtrade.aspx.

    (b) For information on re-dissemination of UN COMTRADE data see the Policy on use and re-dissemination of UN Comtrade data Questions on re-dissemination should be addressed to comtrade@un.org.

    (c) For metadata see http://comtrade.un.org/db/default.aspx and also see the UN International Trade Statistics Knowledgebase at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradekb/Default.aspx.

Requests and questions can be sent to :
United Nations Statistics Division
IMTS Section
DC2-1544, 2 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017, USA
Fax: 1 (917) 367-5106
E-mail : comtrade@un.org

TRAINS

TRAINS (Trade Analysis and information System) is a comprehensive database at the most disaggregated level of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding Systems (HS), covering tariff and non-tariff measures as well as imports flows by origin for more than 160 countries.

Tariff information contains not only applied MFN tariff rates, but also to the extent possible, various preferential regimes including GSP, RTAs and PTAs rates as well as many bilateral agreement rates.

Tariff data collection is a collaboration effort with the International Trade Center (ITC).

Imports flows are drawn from UN COMTRADE whenever the flow has been reported therein. However, for a country/year for which imports flow is not reported in COMTRADE, mirror trade is used instead.

Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are collected and classified according to the NTM classification system developed for this purpose. A new classification system was introduced in 2012 and the NTM data from that year onward are classified accordingly.

TRAINS gives users the possibility of converting the HS data into other internationally recognized nomenclatures such as the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) or the Broad Economic Categories (BEC) etc... It also provides a single market, partial equilibrium trade simulation model (SMART model) with which users may simulate trade, revenue and welfare effects of tariff changes by a single market country.

The TRAINS database is physically located at the World Bank server where WITS application is running, but is directly maintained by UNCTAD. Neither UNCTAD, nor the World Bank, accepts the responsibility for the accuracy or suitability of the information provided by in TRAINS database. The user assumes, therefore, all risk associated with the use of the data in TRAINS. The designation employed and the presentation of the material in this database do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, group of countries, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Access to TRAINS database is free of charge and unlimited. Users need simply to register with WITS and the access is provided automatically.

Please refer to UNCTAD TRAINS terms of use and dissemination policy



Comments and inquiries about TRAINS may be sent to:

E-mail: trains@unctad.org
Fax: (41 22) 917 0044
UNCTAD/DITC/TRAINS
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland


WTO’s Integrated Data Base (IDB) and Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS)

The IDB and the CTS data base are practical working tools only and there are no implications as to the legal status of the information contained therein.

The dissemination policy described hereafter applies to all the information contained in the IDB and the CTS database (See WTO document G/MA/238 and its addenda).

Authorized users of the IDB and CTS Database are defined as:
  1. All WTO Members;
  2. Acceding countries or territories that have provided IDB submissions (hereafter referred to as authorized Acceding countries);
  3. The WTO Secretariat; and
  4. The intergovernmental organizations: the International Monetary Fund, International Trade Centre, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the World Bank and those organizations subsequently granted access by the Committee on Market Access

Additional requests by other intergovernmental organizations for access to the IDB and the CTS database are subject to approval by the Committee on Market Access on a case by case basis.

CONDITIONS OF USE AND PUBLICATION

Authorized users can use approved IDB and CTS information freely for internal purposes and in the context of market access-related technical assistance and capacity building. ("Internal purposes" is understood to mean, in the case of Members and authorized Acceding countries that they are free to use and distribute their own processed files as they wish but the files of other Members or authorized Acceding countries can only be used internally by governments. In the case of the Secretariat and other organizations, "internal purposes" is understood to mean use within the organization.) All users may publish approved IDB and CTS information, or analyses derived from these databases, on the condition that:

  1. WTO copyright of the original data is acknowledged;
  2. Any conclusions or analyses based on IDB and CTS data are accompanied by a disclaimer stating that they are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the WTO;
  3. Any re-dissemination by third parties of IDB or CTS data based on data downloads which goes beyond the purpose of publication of analytical work must be approved by the WTO Secretariat prior to such re-dissemination;
  4. Publication of restricted data by authorized users should not be more detailed than the level of HS six-digit subheadings; and
  5. Publication of more detailed restricted data by authorized users beyond the level of HS six digit subheadings is contingent on obtaining written permission from the Member(s) or authorized Acceding country(ies) in question through the WTO Secretariat. The exception to this rule is in the case of WTO documents prepared by the Secretariat at the request of Members, in which case the Secretariat will inform the Committee on Market Access prior to publication.

Authorized intergovernmental organizations and authorized Acceding countries are required to agree to the conditions on the use and publication of IDB and CTS information as set forth in this document prior to receiving access to the approved restricted data. Any breach of the conditions will result in the termination of their access to the restricted data.
Dissemination: There will be free access to WTO IDB/CTS databases for all registered users. Import Statistics and AVE information at the national tariff line level (NTL) is restricted to authorized users (see above for definition) while others can access the information at the 6-digit level of the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature (more aggregated level than the NTL). ".

Requests and questions can be sent to:

Jurgen Richtering
The World Trade Organization
E-mail : Jurgen.Richtering@wto.org


Disclaimer

The World Bank, UNSD, UNCTAD, and WTO do not provide any guarantee with respect to WITS and its supported databases. The users assume all risk for its use and results obtained from the system. The designation employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of any of the agencies involved concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.