International Business

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Articles

• Business Source Premier ^U
• Business & Management Practices ^U
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe ^U
• Emerald Fulltext  ^U

Balance of Trade

• Foreign Trade Statistics 

Coding Systems 

• NACE - European Union
• Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Codes - the United States has adopted the Harmonized System as the basis of its export and import classification system effective January 1, 1989.
  • Export (Schedule B, administered by U.S. Census) 
  • Import (HTS, administered by USITC)
• Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) codes

Economy 

Economy in Latin America -- (LANIC -- UT Austin) 

Market Research see also the "Country Information" research guide

• US Commercial Service: Market Research 
• STAT-USA / National Trade Data Bank  ^U

Statistics

• Central Banking Resource Center - links to major world central banks and finance ministries which provide economic information.
• globalEDGE 
• FedStats - easy-to-use gateway to government statistics. Access statistics by topic index A-Z or a general search
• Chambers of Commerce
• U.S. Department of Commerce
• Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Eurostat (some material free)-statistical surveys, key economic indicators, and material from European Union periodicals
• Inter-American Development Bank
• International Financial Statistics (Ref Desk HG3881 .I626) 
• International Financial Statistics Yearbook (Ref Desk HG3881 .I6268) 
• International Monetary Fund
• OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
• OECD in Figures - earlier editions also available online.
• PopNet - resource for population information 
• Japan Ministry of Finance
• Statistical Agencies (International)
• United Nations: Statistical Databases 
• World Bank -see especially the "Data" section, which includes national and regional statistics on a wide variety of topics.
• World Trade Organization 

Tariffs

• WTO Goods Schedule - Zipped files of goods schedules for various countries. Use Microsoft Excel to view files.
• Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb (US International Trade Commission) - free with registration

Trade Data - U.S. Government

Texas Economic Development - includes the Texas Exports Database

TradeStats Express (TSE) - U.S. merchandise exports, imports, trade balances and state and U.S. regional exports of merchandise. Users can choose a specific product code (HS, SITC, or NAICS), and then view charts and tables that display trade between the U.S. and user-specified countries for the product. Users can also select a state or region of the U.S. to the world, country, or region of the world and view its export data the same way.

USA Trade Online^U - Prepared by the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau, this product provides access to U.S. import and export trade statistics for more than 18,000 commodities worldwide. Data is presented according to the Harmonized Tariff Classification System. Dates of coverage include current and previous month, cumulative year-to-date (current year and prior year), as well as annual two-year and ten-year historical data. Updated monthly. Note: Access is available to UTEP faculty, staff, students, and community users from two designated computers within the Library's Reference/Documents department only. A username and password are required. Ask at the Reference Desk for assistance.

U.S. Census Bureau: Foreign Trade Statistics Home Page - Includes foreign trade statistics by various commodity classifications, country balances and top trading partners, commodity and country detail for each state, and current and historical trade balances, and profiles of exporters 

• Current Trade Statistics Releases: FT 900 Series - monthly releases of U.S. trade figures and other detailed import and export trade figures
• SITC Commodity Trade Data, by Country - commodity imports and exports to and from the U.S., by month and by country
• U.S. Foreign Trade Statistics - current & historical statistics
• US International Trade Statistics - provides value of exports, general imports, and imports by country by commodity ( SITC 1-)

U.S. Department of Commerce: International Trade Administration - Includes tariff & tax information, export resources, country information, and more

• Bureau of Economic Analysis: International Accounts Data: Trade in Goods and Services: Tables 
• Trade and Economy: Data and Analysis - industry sector data, with statistics for major manufacturing groups and products, arranged by SIC code; state export data; and metropolitan area export data for US cities
• STAT-USA  ^U - business leads, reports and statistics on international trade (GLOBUS & NTDB), U.S. domestic economic information (State of the Nation), and other economic information

U.S. International Trade Commission Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb (free with registration)

U.S. Imports/Exports History Database (Oregon State University Libraries) contains the value and quantity of commodities imported or exported from 1993 to 2000 from the U.S. to other countries in the world.

Trade Data - International Organizations

OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) - some information is free

• Trade - select theme from sidebar 
• Business Source Premier ^U includes articles from some OECD publications

United Nations

• ComTrade: (UN Statistical Office) - log in as a guest
• International Trade Center: International Trade Statistics (UNCTAD/WTO)- includes statistics by product group and country or by country and product group
• TRAINS (Trade Analysis And Information System) - search for imports/exports by commodity using HS code from more than 140 countries 

World Trade Organization (WTO)

• International Trade Statistics

Other

• World Chambers Network includes chambers of commerce directory
• Statistical Agencies (International)
• Tradeport - includes international trade information and a tutorial
• The Market Access Database - provides information on barriers to trade in markets outside the EU. The database provides comprehensive profiles for some 35 markets. Also provides analyses and statistics on import and exports. Click on “Sectoral and Trade Barriers Database” and then “Market Access Sectoral Reports” to get an overview of a country’s trade policies and its import and exports. Or click on “Statistical Database” to choose a country or industry to view import and export values, in Euros. The statistical data can even automatically be exported to Excel. Consider this site when you need official statistics on trade, import, and exports from countries around the world.
• Global Trade Negotiations Home Page (Harvard University)

Trade Data - Print Publications

• Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly (International Monetary Fund, 1994-) (CPM & Main Stacks HF1016 .I652) - imports/exports of countries with most important trading partners
• Direction of Trade Statistics. Yearbook (International Monetary Fund, 1980-) (Main Stacks HF91 .I65)
• Europa World Year Book (Ref Desk JN1 .E85)- includes external trade, principal trading partners and commodity information
• International Financial Statistics (International Monetary Fund, (1958-) monthly & yearly for various countries (Ref Desk HG3881 .I6268) - includes imports/exports for each country
• International Trade Statistics Yearbook (United Nations, Ref HF91 .U473) 
• Monthly Statistics of International Trade(1983- continues Monthly Statistcs of Foreign Trade) OECD countries only (CPM & Main Stacks HF91 .O652a)
• Statesman's Yearbook (Ref  JA51 .S7) import/export data by commodity of countries

Gateways

• Rutgers University Libraries: Resources for International Business 
• Global Gateway (Thunderbird)
• International Business Resources on the WWW (Michigan State University)
• Key Websites for International Business Research (Emory University)
• Web Sites by Geographical Area (Emory University)
• Checklist of Governmental and Non-Governmental Websites (Emory University)
• Guide to Exporting and Importing (Regent)
• International Economics (Mansfield University) 
• Duke University Center for International Business Education & Research 
• Marketing & International Business Links (West Texas A&M University)
• VIBES: Virtual International Business and Economic Sources
• Internet Intelligence Index ( Fuld & Company, Inc.)

Government Institutions

• Government on the WWW governmental and political institutions sorted by country
• U.S. Department of State - includes country background notes and links to country pages, US and foreign embassies and consulates

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