## Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook, 2008

_Direction of Trade Statistics, March 18, 2009_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: March 18, 2009
- Series: Direction of Trade Statistics
- Volume: 2008
- Issue: 005
- Pages: 568
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589067547.042
- Stock No: DYIEA2008001
- ISBN: 9781589067547
- ISSN: 0252-306

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### Summary
- The Direction of Trade Statistics yearbook gives seven years of data for about 184 countries.
- Provides two sets of world and area summaries: world and area trade as seen by the reporting countries and as seen by the partner countries to those transactions.
- The yearbook is usually published in September.

### Key features and coverage
- Seven years of bilateral trade data coverage.
- Coverage of about 184 countries.
- Two complementary sets of world and area summaries:
  - World and area trade as seen by the reporting countries.
  - World and area trade as seen by the partner countries to those transactions.

### Publication and access information
- Publication date on page: March 18, 2009
- Pages: 568
- Volume: 2008
- Issue: 005
- Series: Direction of Trade Statistics No. 2008/005
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589067547.042
- Stock No: DYIEA2008001
- ISBN: 9781589067547
- ISSN: 0252-306X
- Subject: Asset and liability management, Economic and financial statistics
- Access options indicated on the page:
  - Visit the IMF eLibrary (over 25,000 IMF publications in multiple formats).
  - Order a Print Copy.

### Administrative and supplementary notes
- Format example provided: Chicago citation shown as "International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook, 2008, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2009) accessed 9/18/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589067547.042".
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