Import/Export Data
U.S. Census Bureau site offers free import/export data. Covers trade with United States only.
A vast warehouse of international data. To find trade data, scroll down the list of databases to Trade and click on Commodity Trade Statistics Database.
Also available in print at 2 north Reference HF 91 O67International Trade Statistics Yearbook
Export/import statistics by product for countries around the world.
Either download the full volumes, or use the Data tool to search.
Also available in print at 2 north Reference HF 91 U473Direction of Trade Statistics
Data from the IMF tracks for latest 7 yrs. each country's import/export in US$ with other countries and trading blocks.
Quarterly reports available in print at 3 south Periodicals.
Annual report available in print at 2 north Reference HF 91 I65Hemispheric Trade and Tariffs Database
Provides tariff information or trade statistics for countries in North or South America. The searchable data base will be updated on an annual basis with tariffs available in the second quarter and trade flows in the fourth quarter of each year.
From the Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (OTEA), International Trade Administration, this web site "displays U.S. merchandise trade statistics at national and state levels in the form of maps, graphs, and tables for exports, imports, and trade balances. It also allows you to retrieve, visualize, analyze, print, and download trade data."
More trade data for the U.S. Find aggregated data as well as data by state, top trade partners, etc.
USITC Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb
U.S. International Trade Commission site provides U.S. import statistics, U.S. export statistics, U.S. tariffs, U.S. future tariffs and U.S. tariff preference information. Requires free registration.
Trade Schedules
Goods being imported and exported from the United States are classified using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS). Almost all countries use tariff classification systems based on this international Harmonized System (HS). The HS is defined to the six-digit level, so foreign tariff schedules will be identical with the HTS through the six-digit level but may differ at finer levels of detail.
For goods exported from the United States, statistics are initially collected and compiled in terms of approximately 8,000 commodity classifications in Schedule B: Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States. Schedule B is based on HS.
Codes can be looked up online at these sites:
HTS
Schedule B
Last Updated: Jun 12, 2024 1:57 PM
