ComExt Intra- and Extra-EU trade data

• Data description
• Time period
• Support links
• How to access data

Data description

The ComExt Intra- and Extra-European trade database provides statistics on merchandise trade among European Union member states, and between member states and global partners. ComExt, published by Eurostat, is based on data provided by the statistical agencies of the EU member states and trading partners.

• ComExt bulk downloading is via this link
• Supporting information is on this Eurostat page

Data is classified according to the Combined Nomenclature (CN) system used by Eurostat. The CN is an eight-digit subdivision of the Harmonised System (HS), comprising four two-digit levels: HS2, HS4, HS6 and CN8. Trading partners are designated a three-digit or four-digit code.

More international trade data resources are described on this EUI Library directory. More European data resources are introduced on this Library page.

Time period

• Monthly ComExt data: 2000–2018
• Annual ComExt data: 1988–2018

Support links

• The ComExt User Manual (PDF) is at this link
• The ComExt Analytical User Manual (PDF) is at this link
• Supporting information is on this Eurostat page
• Other Eurostat data are available via the Eurostat Dissemination Database.

How to access data

• ComExt bulk downloading is via this link
• Supporting information is on this Eurostat page

Data are provided in ASCII format flat files - presented by EU member state. Annual data is provided to the end of previous year; monthly data is provided for the previous 36 months.

European statistical data resources (EUI Library).

Related trade and industrial data resources

• UNIDO Industrial statistics database
• UNCTAD trade and development data
• IMF Direction of Trade Statistics
• International Trade Centre (Geneva) data
• Trade data via Datastream (Thomson Reuters)
• Trade in Value Added (TiVA)
• Harvard/MIT Globe of Economic Complexity online.

Data homepage

Contact: Thomas Bourke at [email protected]