International Trade -- Commercial Data
Some commercial vendors compile and repackage data from the international organizations. Advantages generally lie in the flexibility of the interfaces and additional standardization.
Global Market Information Database
- Select a country or region on the geography tab
- Select Foreign Trade on the category and drill down to the level of specificity for destination and commodity. What are Brazil's total exports to the rest of Latin America and how much of that is in beverages and tobacco?
- Time series from National Statistical Offices, IMF, OECD; "drill down" to select economic import, export, balance of payments and Foreign Direct Investment data by country.
- In Library Use Only; Appointment with Business Library or Data Center
Dialog - PIERS (Product Import/Product Export)*
- Use restricted to GBS students; appointment required for first use.
- Actual imports and exports by company, product and location (limited to shipping). Answers questions such as: What Atlanta companies are shipping frozen chickens to Russia through the port of Savannah?
- CD-ROM in Data Center and Business Library
- U.N. 3-digit SITC Comtrade data compiled by
Statistics Canada
