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STAN: Bilateral Trade Database
Date of release: April 2005
The STAN Bilateral Trade Database (BTD) is compiled by the Economic Analysis and Statistics Division (EAS) of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (STI). This database is designed to provide analysts with information on exports and imports of goods in OECD countries, broken down by partner country (or geographical area) and by economic activity.
BTD is derived from the OECD's International Trade by Commodity Statistics (ITCS) database, where (values and quantities of) imports and exports are compiled according to product classifications and presented by partner country.
To compile the current version of BTD, ITCS data are converted from product classification schemes to an activity classification scheme using a standard conversion key. The industry list of BTD is based on the ISIC revision 3 classification and is compatible with other OECD data sets such as the STAN database for Industrial Analysis, the ANBERD database on Research & Development Expenditures in Industry, and the Input-Output Tables. Details of those and other databases can be found on STI internet site.
In the 2005 edition of BTD, the time-period covered is 1988-2003, except for a few declaring countries whose data start later than 1988. Data of exports and imports are presented in thousands of US dollars at current prices and can be converted to national currencies using the currency exchange matrix which is included in BTD 2005 application.
Full documentation
Countries coverage
Industries coverage
Note to users: BTD is available on SourceOECD, the OECD commercial online service, using the query based tool Beyond 20/20. It is also disseminated as a set of zipped excel files on OlisNet, the OECD secure extranet for Governments and related agencies.
Other versions of BTD are BTD 2006, BTD 2004*, BTD 2002* and BTD 2000*.
* Editions with a star (*) are available for free on simple request, please fill in this excel form and send it by email to sti.contact@oecd.org, mentioning "BTD" in the title of your message.
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