UN Comtrade — annual total merchandise trade (imports/exports) for 200+ countries. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO Source: https://comtradeapi.un.org/ No API key required (public preview endpoint, free tier). Coverage: * Annual total merchandise trade (imports CIF, exports FOB) * ~200 reporting countries ×…
United Nations — UN Comtrade (UN Statistics Division). Retrieved from https://comtradeplus.un.org. Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.
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UN Comtrade — annual total merchandise trade (imports/exports) for 200+ countries. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO Source: https://comtradeapi.un.org/ No API key required (public preview endpoint, free tier). Coverage: * Annual total merchandise trade (imports CIF, exports FOB) * ~200 reporting countries × 2014–present * cmdCode=TOTAL (all goods aggregate) * Additional: total services trade, bilateral totals for major partners Rate limits: ~100 requests/hour on free tier; handled with 2s rate limiting. Run: python jobs/ingest_comtrade.py
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