Data sources & coverage
The Export Toolkit pulls from official national, regional and inter-governmental trade portals. Reports credit the source that served the data, and fall back automatically to UN Comtrade when a national source has no data for the code.
| Source | Coverage | Detail | Dimensions | Access | Refresh | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇳 UN Comtrade | Global (200+ economies) | HS6 | partner, product, period | Key required | annual + monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇪🇺 Eurostat (Comext) | European Union (27) | HS2/4/6 & CN8 | partner, product, period | No key | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇬🇧 UK Trade Info (HMRC) | United Kingdom | HS4/6 & CN8 | partner, product, period | No key | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil Comex Stat | Brazil | NCM 8-digit | partner, product, period | No key | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇺🇸 US Census | United States | HTS 10-digit | partner, product, period | Key required | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇮🇳 India TradeStat (DGCI&S) | India | HSN 8-digit | partner, product, period | No key | financial year / monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇯🇵 Japan Trade Statistics (e-Stat) | Japan | 9-digit statistical code | partner, product, period | Key required | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia (BPS) | Indonesia | HS 8-digit (AHTN) | partner, product, period | Key required | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇳🇴 Norway (Statistics Norway) | Norway | HS 8-digit | partner, product, period | No key | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea (Korea Customs) | South Korea | HS 2/4/6/10-digit | partner, product, period | Key required | monthly | ✅ Live |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines (PSA OpenSTAT) | Philippines | HS 10-digit | partner, product, period | No key | annual | ✅ Live |
Attribution, limits and commercial use
How each source must be credited, what its limits are, and whether it may be used commercially. The app credits the serving source on every report.
- UN Comtrade — UN Comtrade (United Nations Statistics Division) · limits: Free tier allows ONE period per request and rate-limits quickly; a subscription key raises both. · commercial use: attribution required; do not redistribute raw data (UN Comtrade — comtrade.un.org)
- Eurostat (Comext) — Source: Eurostat (Comext) · limits: Fair-use; no published hard quota. · commercial use: ok with attribution (Eurostat reuse policy) (Eurostat Comext — ec.europa.eu/eurostat)
- UK Trade Info (HMRC) — Contains HMRC data © Crown copyright (Open Government Licence v3.0) · limits: Fair-use; no key required. · commercial use: ok with OGL attribution (HMRC — api.uktradeinfo.com)
- Brazil Comex Stat — Source: MDIC Comex Stat (Brazil) · limits: Fair-use; no key required. · commercial use: ok with attribution (MDIC Comex Stat — comexstat.mdic.gov.br)
- US Census — Source: US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division · limits: Free key; ~500 calls/day per key. · commercial use: public domain (US Census Bureau — census.gov/foreign-trade)
- India TradeStat (DGCI&S) — Source: DGCI&S / TradeStat, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India · limits: Portal query — fragility risk, refresh in the portal; no documented API quota. · commercial use: review before redistribution (government data) (DGCI&S TradeStat — tradestat.commerce.gov.in)
- Japan Trade Statistics (e-Stat) — Source: e-Stat (Statistics Bureau of Japan) / Japan Customs · limits: Free app ID; per-application limits. · commercial use: ok with attribution (e-Stat terms) (e-Stat / MOF Japan — e-stat.go.jp)
- Indonesia (BPS) — Source: Statistics Indonesia (BPS), Foreign Trade Statistics · limits: Free API key; key quota applies. · commercial use: ok with attribution (Statistics Indonesia (BPS) — bps.go.id)
- Norway (Statistics Norway) — Source: Statistics Norway (SSB). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. · limits: Keyless; fair-use. · commercial use: ok with CC BY 4.0 attribution (Statistics Norway (SSB) — ssb.no)
- South Korea (Korea Customs) — Source: Korea Customs Service (via data.go.kr) · limits: Free key, BUT registration requires a Korean mobile number — effectively blocked for overseas operators. Falls back to UN Comtrade. · commercial use: blocked in practice (Korea Customs Service — data.go.kr)
- Philippines (PSA OpenSTAT) — Source: Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA OpenSTAT) · limits: Keyless; fair-use. · commercial use: ok with attribution (Philippine Statistics Authority — openstat.psa.gov.ph)
Each source is the property of its respective provider and is used under that provider's public/open terms. Review the commercial-use note above before relying on a source for paid work, and see our About and Terms.