Trade

Statistics

International Trade by Commodity Statistics (ITCS)

ITCS provides detailed annual imports and exports data for each OECD member country by commodity and partner country.

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Books

Globalisation, Comparative Advantage and the Changing Dynamics of Trade

Comparative advantage has provided the intellectual basis for most trade policy in the past 50 years. This book collects OECD work that builds on recent contributions to the theory and empirics of comparative advantage, emphasising the role of policy in shaping trade.<

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Focus

Jagdish Bhagwati: Trade still matters

VIDEO: Trade is essential to global economic recovery, says Professor Jagdish Bhagwati in this OECD interview. He also challenges the idea that trade 'takes' jobs from developed countries.

Trade costs

As markets open and more countries trade internationally, OECD analyses the impacts of transport and logistic costs and exchange rates on businesses, traders and consumers.

Airplanes and export credits

VIDEO: Governments help aircraft manufacturers by offering foreign airlines state-supported financing, also known as export credits. A new set of rules, negotiated at the OECD, aims to bring order to the global aviation market.

Export restrictions on raw materials

Businesses and policymakers are concerned by recent trends in export restrictions on strategic raw materials like rare earths, metals and food commodities. OECD is working to bring more transparency and discipline to the use of these restrictions.

Trade liberalisation

Trade liberalisation - opening markets to fairer competition, with less market distortion - benefits consumers, workers and firms, and encourages growth, OECD analysis finds.

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