About Trade
Trade is the process of buying, selling, or exchanging of commodity, goods, and services.
Types of trade
- Retail trade: direct consumption
- Wholesale trade: other than a standard consumer
- Domestic trade (or commodity flow): the flow of commodities through water, air, and rail transport systems within a country
- International trade: trade between different countries, including
- exports: domestically produced goods or services sold to another country
- imports: goods and services purchased from a foreign country
- Industrial Trade: search UCLA catalog (for example: food industry and trade)
US Trade
- Directions of Trade Statistics Historical DataData from IMF
- FAOSTATAgriculture Trade
- STAT -USA: Links to sources (UCF Guide)It ceased to exist after September 30, 2010. This guide provides links to data sources which were used by the Department of Commerce to provide information on the STAT-USA website.
- Web CEIC data manager
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- World Trade Organization Statistics DatabaseAnnual time series data from 1980 onwards of bilateral flows by broad commodity. Includes Chinese Taipei
- 2017 Commodity Flow SurveyFrom American FactFinder. Part of the Economic Census. The CFS produces data on the movement of goods in the United States. It provides information on commodities shipped, their value, weight, and mode of transportation, as well as the origin and destination of shipments of commodities from manufacturing, mining, wholesale, and selected retail and services establishments.
- Historical Statistics of the United States-Millennial Edition Online This link opens in a new window
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Covers gross product and national income in trade, finance, and service industries from 1929–1997. Contains essays and tables covering topics such as business organization and labor. Look under Part B (Work and Welfare) and Part C (Economic Structure and Performance).
- Survey of Current BusinessA monthly publication of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Articles in the Survey present the latest national, international, regional, and industry estimates.
- Survey of Current Business (1921-2013)From FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research). A US Department of Commerce monthly publication that provides data on US business on the regional, national, and international levels. Among statistical series covered are personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, US direct investment abroad, international transactions, and gross state product.
- USA Trade OnlineUS Import and Export Merchandise trade statistics (export and import) between the USA and its trading partners. Annual data going back to 1992 and monthly data since 2002. State export data is available back to 2002, while Port-level detail is available back to 2003. For log-in information please ask the YRL reference desk.
Data found on USA Trade Online is also available in CD-Rom format from the UCLA Library.
- USA Trade OnlineThe most recent US business, economic and trade information available from many federal agencies and others.