Monthly Comtrade

Use this interface to create interactive charts showing imports, exports, and trade balance over time. You can configure the reporter, partner, and commodity combination using the chart generator below. To show trade aggregated across all partners for a given reporter, type in "0" or "World". To aggregate across all commodities, type "00", or "Aggregate Commodities".

You can also use our tabular user interface, which provides fully flexible data selection, by clicking here.

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All values are year-on-year growth rates in percent unless otherwise noted. The table below shows values from July, 2017 - November, 2018. To view all months, download the full table.

		2017
Item	Flow	Jul	Aug	Sep
All Countries	Exports	8.5	8.7	13.1
All Countries	Imports	9.3	10.3	13
Brazil	Exports	14.9
Brazil	Imports	4
EU-27	Exports	13.8
EU-27	Imports	10.5
Japan	Exports	4.9	8.8	5.1
Japan	Imports	7.7	6.4	3.3

All values are year-on-year growth rates in percent unless otherwise noted. The table below shows values from July, 2017 - November, 2018. To view all months, download the full table.

		2017
Item	Flow	Jul	Aug	Sep
All Countries	Exports	8.5	8.7	13.1
All Countries	Imports	9.3	10.3	13
Argentina	Exports	6.1	-9.1	1.7
Argentina	Imports	28.2	22	24.2
Armenia	Exports	26.7	22.5	13.1
Armenia	Imports	43.9	11.1	28.5
Australia	Exports	22.8
Australia	Imports	48.6
Austria	Exports	12.3
Austria	Imports	15.1
Azerbaijan	Exports	15.9
Azerbaijan	Imports	35.2
Belarus	Exports	21.7	21.8
Belarus	Imports	31	30.9
Belgium	Exports	11.5
Belgium	Imports	15.3
Belize	Exports	-3.5	-53.8
Belize	Imports	-8.2	-9.5
Brazil	Exports	14.9
Brazil	Imports	4
Bulgaria	Exports	16.5
Bulgaria	Imports	12.2
Canada	Exports	6.1
Canada	Imports	7.8
Chile	Exports	12.3	23.3
Chile	Imports	6.5	6.5
China, Hong Kong SAR	Exports	1.4		27.3
China, Hong Kong SAR	Imports	3.9		25.6
Croatia	Exports	14	23.1
Croatia	Imports	15.6	12.7
Cyprus	Exports	89.8
Cyprus	Imports	10.7
Czech Rep.	Exports	15	15.1	12.7
Czech Rep.	Imports	17.9	18.9	15.6
Denmark	Exports	3.8		13.5
Denmark	Imports	11		5.1
Estonia	Exports	10.4	13.4
Estonia	Imports	10.7	14.8
EU-27	Exports	13.8
EU-27	Imports	10.5
Finland	Exports	24.7	24.2
Finland	Imports	22.5	15.7
France	Exports	11.8
France	Imports	15.8
Germany	Exports	12
Germany	Imports	13.6
Greece	Exports	11.1	9.2	8.1
Greece	Imports	10.9	21	5.8
Hungary	Exports	8
Hungary	Imports	14.5
Iceland	Exports		25.7
Iceland	Imports		7.9
Ireland	Exports	-2.1	-10.4
Ireland	Imports	-9.4	-5.7
Italy	Exports	9.7
Italy	Imports	16.4
Japan	Exports	4.9	8.8	5.1
Japan	Imports	7.7	6.4	3.3
Latvia	Exports	11.2	13.9
Latvia	Imports	24.3	25.9
Lithuania	Exports	15.9	26.4
Lithuania	Imports	20.7	24.5
Luxembourg	Exports	28.4
Luxembourg	Imports	17.9
Malta	Exports	-61.3
Malta	Imports	-30.9
Netherlands	Exports	15.1
Netherlands	Imports	14.7
New Zealand	Exports	20.8
New Zealand	Imports	6.9
Norway	Exports	5.9
Norway	Imports	5.9
Paraguay	Exports	16.5
Paraguay	Imports	33.9
Portugal	Exports	8.6
Portugal	Imports	17.4
Slovakia	Exports	15.8
Slovakia	Imports	15.8
Slovenia	Exports	19.3
Slovenia	Imports	20
Spain	Exports	6.6
Spain	Imports	14.2
Sweden	Exports	11.3
Sweden	Imports	13.7
United Kingdom	Exports	22.8
United Kingdom	Imports	-3.3

Purpose, data source and data request, data availability. In May 2010 the United Nations Statistics Division/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD/DESA) started the initiative to establish a data collection for detailed monthly merchandise trade data in order to address the need to make these data available in a standardized format at the global level (see our initial data request). Numerous countries (and areas) responded positively to this initiative and started to provide their detailed monthly trade data to UNSD. The current data availability by country is indicated in the long version of the table on exports and imports (please note that the display of the year-on-year growth rate requires data for the months of both the current and previous years).

Methodology. All countries broadly follow the international recommendations for merchandise trade statistics as contained in International Merchandise Trade Statistics, Concepts and Definitions 2010 (IMTS2010). For further details on trade system, valuation, and partner country please refer to the detailed metadata.

Data items and data processing. UN Monthly Comtrade (beta version) follows, compared with the annual data available on UN Comtrade, highly simplified processing procedures. Most notable, the edition of the Harmonized System is not identified anymore, only net weight is processed (but not supplementary quantity) and no data conversion into other classification takes place. The processing of monthly data entails data standardization in respect to trade flow and partner information, conversion to U.S. dollars, and basic validation.

The data made available on UN Monthly Comtrade (beta version) have been provided by countries (or areas) or downloaded from their official websites. The data are provided as is, except for the required standardization of trade flow and partner information, as well as conversion to U.S. dollars. Hence, responsibility for the data themselves rests with the data source/provider and users are advised to visit the website of the data providers for further information and metadata. The United Nations Statistics Division/Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD/DESA) does not guarantee or make any express or implied representations regarding the accuracy, reliability, correctness, fitness for use for a particular purpose, or otherwise, whatsoever, of any data in UN Monthly Comtrade (beta version).

UN Monthly Comtrade (beta version) is the first release of a monthly international merchandise trade statistics processing and dissemination system, developed by UNSD/DESA. As such, UNSD/DESA welcomes reports from users of any issues they may find, as well as any suggestions regarding additional features that should be available in the final version (please send your feedback to comtrade@un.org). However, UNSD/DESA cannot provide any guarantees for the ongoing or reliable operation of the current beta version. While some improvements will be implemented on an ongoing basis, a full version of a data processing and dissemination system for monthly merchandise trade data will only be implemented as part of the upgrade of the entire UN Comtrade system, which is scheduled to be completed by 2014/2015.

The designations employed and the presentation of material on UN Monthly Comtrade do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. Where the designation “country or area” appears on this internet site, it covers countries, territories or areas.

Under no circumstances shall the United Nations be liable for the use of this website. Its usage implies the recognition and acceptance of the limitations specified in this disclaimer and in the disclaimer for UN Comtrade as applicable for monthly data. Further, the usage of this website implies agreement with the UN Comtrade License Agreement.