## Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012

_Direction of Trade Statistics, March 13, 2012_

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**Canonical URL:** [Direction of Trade Statistics Quarterly, March 2012](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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## 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

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### 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.
- 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.

### 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).*

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