Catalog / International Monetary Fund — International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) (direct from api.imf.org)

imf_dot

International Monetary Fund — International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) (direct from api.imf.org)

Name: International Monetary Fund — International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS) (direct from api.imf.org)
Creator: International Monetary Fund
License: IMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)

Open · redistributedIMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)International Trade

Source: International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org).

Redistributable. This source is served as canonical Parquet under the license below, with attribution and provenance preserved.

Coverage

Series catalogued

101,000

Temporal coverage

1948-01-01 – 2024-01-01

Licensing & provenance

License: IMF Terms of Use (redistribution with attribution)
Required attribution: Source: International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org).
Redistribution: Permitted (served here)
Commercial use: Yes
Modification: Permitted
Provider homepage: https://www.imf.org/en/data
Provider terms: https://www.imf.org/en/about/copyright-and-terms

How to cite

International Monetary Fund - International Monetary Fund — Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS). Retrieved directly from the IMF SDMX API (api.imf.org). Compiled and redistributed by the Elkassabgi Data Library.

Processing: Retrieved first-hand from api.imf.org (SDMX 2.1), normalized to a long {series_key, obs_date, value} schema, de-duplicated, and stored as zstd Parquet.

Access & mirrors

Download: Select & download imf_dot series as CSV →
API: Get a free API key, then GET /v1/series/<id>.csv
Canonical landing: https://econdatalibrary.com/imf_dot
Automated refresh: not yet wired — the data here is the verified initial load. See the Source Status board.

Structured metadata

schema.org/Dataset (Google Dataset Search)

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Croissant (ML-ready, schema.org JSON-LD)

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Part of the Econ Data Library catalog · metadata generated 2026-08-02 from the central registry · browse all datasets