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Foreign trade is the mutual exchange of goods or services between countries.

For foreign trade statistics to the NYU Business Library's Economic and Statistical Information section for links to useful resources including links to the following suggested resources:

UN Comtrade: United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics provides the annual international trade statistics, detailed by commodity and partner country.

Eurostat: Data from the European Union. Click on data, then Statistics A to Z, and select Trade in goods or Trade in service.

IMF Data: Provides access to the Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS).

You may also want to review the following:

United States Census Bureau, Guide to Foreign Trade Statistics which covers the export statistics of goods valued at more than $2,500 per commodity shipped by individuals and organizations (including exporters, freight forwarders, and carriers) from the U.S. to other countries.