Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012

Direction of Trade Statistics, March 13, 2012

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Bibliographic details

• Published: March 13, 2012
• Series: Direction of Trade Statistics
• Volume: 2012
• Issue: 001
• Pages: 466
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616353964.042
• Stock No: DOIEA2012001
• ISBN: 9781616353964
• ISSN: 0252-306

Overview

• Publication date: March 13, 2012
• Summary: The Direction of Trade Statistics Online service provides data on the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners.
• Subject: Asset and liability management, Economic and financial statistics

Database coverage and frequencies

• Data coverage begins in 1948.
• Frequencies available: monthly, quarterly, and annual.
• Includes:
  • Total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national or regional group level.
  • Value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners.

Access and formats

• Available on the IMF eLibrary.
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• Options noted on the page: More Formats on IMF eLibrary, Order a Print Copy, Create Citation, Export Citation in multiple citation file types.

Key takeaways for users

• Use this dataset for historical and contemporary analysis of bilateral and multilateral merchandise trade flows dating back to 1948.
• Applicable for research and analysis in asset and liability management and economic and financial statistics.
• Suitable frequencies for different analytical needs: monthly for high-frequency monitoring, quarterly for cyclical analysis, annual for long-term trends.

International Monetary Fund. Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012 (Issue 001, Series: Direction of Trade Statistics No. 2012/001).