Statistics Resources: Trade, Labor & Industry

Database of labor statistics maintained by the International Labour Office, specialized agency of the United Nations.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making. As an independent statistical agency, BLS serves its diverse user communities by providing products and services that are objective, timely, accurate, and relevant.

This guide provides access to major sources of information on global, regional and national labour statistics. The focus is on ILO sources with a selection of resources available to the public from other international organizations and partner institution

US trade data, from the US Department of Commerce, International Trade Administiration

A good source when you need very detailed information on trade between countries, by commodity. For search tips and more info, see separate box on this page. May work best with Internet Explorer.

TRAINS is a comprehensive database at the most disaggregated level of Harmonized System (HS), covering tariff and non-tariff measures as well as import flows by origin for more than 150 countries. Tariff information contains not only applied MFN tariff rates, but also to the extent possible, various preferential regimes including GSP, RTA and PTA rates as well as many bilateral agreement rates. Imports flow is drawn from UN COMTRADE whenever the flow has been reported therein. However, for a country/year for which imports flow is not reported in COMTRADE, mirror trade is used instead. Non-tariff measures (NTMs) are collected and classified according to the NTM classification system developed for this purpose. A new classification system was introduced in 2009 and the NTM data from that year onward are classified accordingly.

The Handbook of Statistics provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings.

The USITC Interactive Tariff and Trade DataWeb provides international trade statistics and U.S. tariff data to the public full-time and free of charge.
U.S. import statistics, U.S. export statistics, U.S. tariffs, U.S. future tariffs and U.S. tariff preference information are available on a self-service, interactive basis. The USITC DataWeb responds to user-defined queries integrating international trade statistics with complex tariff and customs treatment, and allows both expert and non-expert users to create and save customized country and product lists for future re-use from anywhere in the world. Free registration required.

The World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) software provides access to international merchandise trade, tariff and non-tariff measures data. Browse the country profile and related pages to view trade, tariff and development data. Register and log in to WITS to perform custom analysis, using standard and derived product classifications. WITS also features built-in analytical tools that help assess the impact of tariff cuts.

An interactive database of trade and tariff statistics, and PDF editions of the annual International Trade Statistics.

The Minerals Yearbook is an annual publication that reviews the mineral and material industries of the United States and foreign countries. The Yearbook contains statistical data on materials and minerals and includes information on economic and technical trends and development. The Minerals Yearbook includes chapters on approximately 90 commodities and over 175 countries.

The ICT Data and Statistics Division is part of ITU's Project Support and Knowledge Management Department within the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT). One of the core activities of the Division is the collection, verification and harmonization of telecommunication/ICT statistics for about 200 economies worldwide.

In the area of industrial statistics, the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) is engaged in the collection and dissemination of data on the production of major industrial commodities, both in physical quantities and in monetary value. Data are mainly collected through a questionnaire sent yearly to national statistical offices. The commodities are classified according to the UN List of Industrial Products. The data collected are published in three major publications: the Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook, the United Nations Statistics Yearbook, and the Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.