Market and Trade Information
The following sources of market and trade information for countries and products have been provided to assist those interested in the collection and analysis of trade and industry data.
The International Trade Centre (ITC) in Geneva provides trade and industry data through a variety of sources:
- Market Analysis Tools Portal to access current price information and qualitative information such as market trends, industry news, regulatory updates, trade show reviews and interviews with market players on a wide variety of commodities. https://marketanalysis.intracen.org/en
- TradeMap to review indicators on export performance, export and import statistics of 220 countries and territories and 5300 products of the Harmonized System. http://www.trademap.org/
- Market Access Map to access information on customs tariffs (import duties) and other measures applied by 190 importing countries to products from 239 countries and territories. http://www.macmap.org/
- US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service provides foreign market information reports and details on food markets in more than 50 countries. https://www.fas.usda.gov
- Globefish is an FAO initiative which features market reports by fish species or by country, world price reports, and guides on standards and regulations. https://www.fao.org/in-action/globefish/en/
- Export.gov is a United States government site that features market reports, trade leads, and trade show listings. www.export.gov
- World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) of the World Bank provide users with capabilities to retrieve and analyze trade and tariff data; convert data between different nomenclatures; customize country and product groups; and download data. https://wits.worldbank.org/WITS/WITS/Restricted/Login.aspx
- World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates. http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators
- United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Database provides statistics database at the 4-digit level of ISIC (INDSTAT4) contains highly disaggregated data on the manufacturing sector for the period 1990 onwards. The database contains seven principle indicators of industrial statistics. http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=1002104
- FAOSTAT of the UN Food for Agricultural Organization collates and disseminates food and agricultural statistics globally. It produces publications, working papers and statistical yearbooks that cover food security, prices, production and trade and agri-environmental statistics. https://www.fao.org/home/en
Other Useful Internet Sources
- World Cashew - www.worldcashew.com
- Global Trading: Cashews - www.globaltrading.nl/Products/Cashew
- African Cashew Alliance - www.africancashewalliance.com
- Commoda Africa - www.commodafrica.com
- The AGOA Toolkit - https://agoa.info/toolkit.html