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IMPORTS & EXPORTS PATTERNS

To obtain details of data coverage, by year, please go to "Data availability". 
 
This report allows you to analyse the import and export patterns for specific economies and products using different product classifications and degrees of sub-category. 
  
How to find the statistics:
 
  • Please select "Economy" and "Year".
  • Please refine "Product classification" by choosing Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN), Harmonized System (HS) or by selected product group. 
  • Once product classification has been chosen, select a product based on a more detailed degree of sub-category; navigate to "Product" and click on the + sign. The +/­– sign toggles between displaying the next level of disaggregation or compressing the display to the next higher level of aggregation. 
  • Explore the data by clicking "Apply". 
  • Once results are displayed, users can review in-depth statistics by clicking on the small blue square with arrow insert, to the right of each result.
  • You will see data by "Top partner". You can choose to view data concerning "Top products" by clicking on the adjacent tab labelled "Top products". 
 
The data included here is provided on an annual basis, from 1996 onwards.

Glossary

Product classification:  Product identification systems for classifying goods.
 
Harmonized System (HS): An international nomenclature developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO). Arranged in six-digit codes, it allows all participating economies to classify traded goods on a common basis. Beyond the six-digit level, economies are free to introduce national distinctions for tariffs and many other purposes.
 
Developed by the WCO, it is organized in a hierarchical structure:
 
•       Section
•       Chapter (2 digits)
•       Headings (4 digits)
•       Sub-headings (6 digits)
 
Multilateral Trade Negotiations (MTN):  The product classification system used by the WTO for trade statistics and policy analysis. The MTN categories, defined according to the Harmonized System, consist of a two-level structure: 
 
•       22 MTN categories
•       72 MTN sub-categories 
 
To explore the MTN further, please click here.
 
Imports and exports: The values of imports and exports are presented in million US dollars. Values less than a million USD are shown as '0.00' million USD.