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  "title": "Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012",
  "publication": "Direction of Trade Statistics, March 13, 2012",
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  "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.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Publication date: March 13, 2012\n- 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.\n- Subject: Asset and liability management, Economic and financial statistics"
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    {
      "heading": "Database coverage and frequencies",
      "content": "- Data coverage begins in 1948.\n- Frequencies available: monthly, quarterly, and annual.\n- Includes:\n  - Total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports aggregated at national or regional group level.\n  - Value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners."
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      "heading": "Access and formats",
      "content": "- Available on the IMF eLibrary.\n- eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.\n- Options noted on the page: More Formats on IMF eLibrary, Order a Print Copy, Create Citation, Export Citation in multiple citation file types."
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    {
      "heading": "Key takeaways for users",
      "content": "- Use this dataset for historical and contemporary analysis of bilateral and multilateral merchandise trade flows dating back to 1948.\n- Applicable for research and analysis in asset and liability management and economic and financial statistics.\n- Suitable frequencies for different analytical needs: monthly for high-frequency monitoring, quarterly for cyclical analysis, annual for long-term trends.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012 (Issue 001, Series: Direction of Trade Statistics No. 2012/001).\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/direction-of-trade-statistics/issues/2016/12/31/direction-of-trade-statistics-quarterly-march-2012-25742"
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    "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",
    "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",
    "Data coverage begins in 1948.",
    "Frequencies available: monthly, quarterly, and annual.",
    "Includes:",
    "Available on the IMF eLibrary.",
    "eLibrary offers over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats.",
    "Options noted on the page: More Formats on IMF eLibrary, Order a Print Copy, Create Citation, Export Citation in multiple citation file types.",
    "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."
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