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United Nations international trade statistics database with a REST API for accessing import/export data, commodity trade flows, and bilateral trade statistics.

Overview

UN Comtrade is the world's most comprehensive trade data repository, maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division. It covers international merchandise and services trade statistics for over 200 reporting countries and territories, with data going back to 1962 for many reporters. Commodity data is classified using HS (Harmonized System), SITC (Standard International Trade Classification), and other recognized schemes.

API Access

The UN Comtrade API is available at https://comtradeapi.un.org and is managed through the UN Comtrade Developer Portal.

Authentication

  • No key required: Public preview endpoints, limited to 500 records per call
  • Free API key: Register at comtradeplus.un.org, then subscribe to the free product on the Developer Portal. Provides 500 calls/day with up to 100,000 records per call.
  • Premium key: Annual subscription starting at $2,000/year for individuals. Unlocks bulk downloads, async batch processing (up to 2.5M records), and higher call limits.

API keys are passed as the Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key request header or as the subscription-key query parameter.

Key Endpoints

Endpoint Description Auth Required
GET /public/v1/preview/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Preview trade data (500 records max) No
GET /data/v1/get/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Extract final trade data Yes
GET /data/v1/getTariffline/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Extract tariffline data Yes
GET /data/v1/getDa/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Data availability Yes
GET /data/v1/getMetadata Reference metadata Yes
GET /data/v1/getLiveUpdate Recent publications Yes
GET /bulk/v1/get/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Bulk file links Premium
GET /bulk/v1/getTariffline/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Bulk tariffline files Premium
GET /bulk/v1/getClassic/{type}/{freq}/{cl} Classic format bulk files Premium

Path Parameters

  • {type}: C (Goods) or S (Services)
  • {freq}: A (Annual) or M (Monthly)
  • {cl}: Classification code — HS, H5, H4, H3, S3, S2, S1

Subscription Plans

Plan Annual Cost Calls/Day Records/Call
Free Preview $0 Unlimited 500
Free Registered $0 500 100,000
Premium Individual $2,000 5,000 250,000
Premium Institutional Pro 1 (non-profit/academic) $6,000 Unlimited 250,000
Premium Institutional Pro 2 (private sector) $12,000 Unlimited 250,000

Trial subscriptions are available. Contact subscriptions@un.org.

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UN Comtrade — independent third-party profile of a public API surface, by API Evangelist. United Nations international trade statistics database with a REST API for accessing import/export data, commodity trade flows, and bilateral trade statistics. Covers over 200 reporting countries and territories with data spanning goods and services trade clas

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