Content of Data

Data Availability #

The data availability page returns a catalog of datasets in New Comtrade. It provides summary information of published file types available by dataset. https://comtradeplus.un.org/DataAvailability

Similar to the trade data query page, a user can retrieve this catalog information by selecting the appropriate criteria as follows:

  • Type of Product – Goods or Services
  • Frequency – Annual or Monthly
  • Classification Code – HS, SITC, BEC for Goods, EBOPS for Services
  • Period – YYYY for Annual or YYYYMM for Monthly
  • Reporter – All or Individual Reporters
  • Publication Date – Publication date range

For example, a user wants to know all available USA annual merchandise datasets published from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2023. The parameter values would be the following:

  • Type of Product – Goods
  • Frequency – Annual
  • Classification Code – HS, As Reported
  • Period – Recent periods
  • Reporter – USA
  • Publication Date – 01/01/2019 – 12/31/2023

The user can choose to view the results on screen by

  1. clicking Preview to view the results on screen, or
  2. clicking on Download to save the results into a .csv file.

A snapshot of the results screen is returned below. 

From the result screen, the user can do the following:

Click on ‘Extended Columns’ and see item ‘A’ in the figure above. Expand the results table to include Reporter Code and Type Code as part of the results table.

Click on the download icon; see item ‘B’ in the figure above. The results file will be downloaded immediately.

User can also click more information on the tip right information icon, toggle between the list or cube viewing format and the eye icon to see metadata.

Trade Data #

This interface returns trade statistics for goods and services based on the following parameters: type of product, frequency, classification code, commodity code, periods, reporter, partner, second partner, trade flows, modes of transport, and customs code. Users can provide more than a single criterion as the parameter.

To query data, see the earlier section on querying data.

Search tips:

  • For faster results, avoid having “ALL” in the selection criteria
  • Availability of the content depends on reporting countries/areas; as an example, some may not have a breakdown by mode of transport
  • Log in for more customization features and to enable the download button
  • The Preview returns a max of 500 records regardless of the actual results
  • Do you know the codes already? Enable the edit mode (pencil icon) for faster input
  • Use “Deliver” for large unattended data extraction (subscription only)
  • Interested in using API instead of UI? Go to the UN Comtrade developer portal at https://comtradedeveloper.un.org/
  • Want to know an actual number of records based on your selection? Use the count button

For more complex queries, you can enable the text box editing by clicking the pencil icon. Then, the codes can be inputted, separated by commas.

Further, it is possible to calculate the custom grouping based on the inputted code by setting the relevant aggregation parameter in the “Aggregate By” box

Tariffline #

The tariffline data is the closest to the original microdata provided by countries/areas. The pre-aggregation and classification conversion are not applied; therefore, there is no aggregated data or converted classification. The trade values were converted to USD for comparability, and all nomenclatures are standardized except the commodity. Some countries may report at tariff line level (more than six-digit HS codes).


The user interface is the same as the Trade Data, including the features to save searches and a list of codes.

Bulk Files (Premium) #


This interface enables access to full dataset downloads in compressed CSV formats. Entire classification periods may be downloaded. Reporter-classification-period may be accessed as well. Since the files have already been generated, this provides quicker access to large amounts of data. Please be aware that the data is compressed using gzip. Please note that we no longer provide a single file for ALL reporters on a single period due to that the amount of data processed and disseminated have now increased 10 times. It’s easier for users to download the data in separated bulk files by each country as soon as it’s available. 

Bulk files are available in plus format for reported and converted classifications, and in classic format for reported classifications. Please refer to entry: What is bulk file download?

Example 1: User requests for 2018 annual merchandise trade data for all reporters in their reported classification

Example 2: User requests for 2018 December merchandise trade data for Australia in H4 classification

Example 3: User requests for 2018 trade in services data for all reporters in EBOPS 2002 classification