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DDI2.5 XML CODEBOOK RECORD FOR STUDY NUMBER 4745 IMF Direction of Trade Statistics, 1948-2021 474510.5255/UKDA-SN-4745-9 International Monetary Fund Copyright International Monetary Fund UK Data Service 09 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL TRADEEXPORTS AND IMPORTSINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSECONOMIC VALUE Trade, industry and marketsEconomic conditions and indicators <P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>International Monetary Fund (IMF) Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)</i> database contains data on the value of merchandise exports and imports between each country and all its trading partners. Total bilateral and multilateral exports and imports are aggregated at national or regional group level. For each reporting country or group, all the trading partners are listed. The corresponding monetary values of total imports and total exports are then provided as time series for each country/trading partner pair. All exports are valued free on board (f.o.b.). Imports are usually reported cost including insurance and freight (c.i.f.), although a small number of countries report imports f.o.b.<br> <br> Along with data from reporting countries, estimates are provided by partner countries for non-reporting countries or for those that are slow to report.<br> <br> The period for which data are available varies from country to country, but data extends from 1948 to the present.<br> <br> There can be inconsistencies between exports to a partner and the partner's recorded imports from a particular country, i.e. the exports from Country A to B do not always equal the imports of Country B from A. This is due to the different ways countries report their trade, i.e. differences in classification concepts and detail, time of recording, valuation, and coverage, as well as processing errors. <br> <br> This database was first provided by UK Data Service in December 2003.<br> AfghanistanMulti-nationAlbaniaAlgeriaAndorraAngolaAntigua and BarbudaArgentinaArmeniaArubaAustraliaAustriaAzerbaijanBahamasBahrainBangladeshBarbadosBelarusBelgiumBelizeBeninBermudaBhutanBoliviaBosnia and HerzegovinaBotswanaBrazilBrunei DarussalamBulgariaBurkina FasoBurundiCambodiaCameroonCanadaCape VerdeCayman IslandsCentral African RepublicChadChannel IslandsChileChinaColombiaComorosCongoCosta RicaCroatiaCubaCuracaoCyprusCzech RepublicDenmarkDjiboutiDominicaDominican RepublicEcuadorEgyptEl SalvadorEquatorial GuineaEstoniaEthiopiaEuropeEuropean Union Countries (1993-)Faroe IslandsFinlandFranceGabonGambiaGeorgiaGermany (October 1990-)GhanaGibraltarGreeceGrenadaGuatemalaGuineaGuinea-BissauHondurasHong KongHungaryIcelandIndiaIndonesiaIranIraqIrelandIsle of ManIsraelItalyJamaicaJapanJordanKazakhstanKenyaKosovoKuwaitKyrgyzstanLatviaLebanonLesothoLiberiaLithuaniaLuxembourgMacaoMacedoniaMadagascarMalawiMalaysiaMaliMaltaMauritaniaMauritiusMexicoMoldovaMontenegroMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNepalNetherlandsNew ZealandNicaraguaNigerNigeriaNorwayRomaniaRussiaRwandaSaint LuciaSaint MartinSaint VincentSaotomeSaudi ArabiaSenegalSerbiaSeychellesSierra LeoneSingaporeSloveniaSolomon IslandsSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth KoreaSpainSri LankaSudanSurinamSwazilandSwitzerlandTajikistanTanzaniaThailandTogoTrinidad and TobagoTurkeyTurkmenistanUgandaUkraineUnited KingdomUnited StatesUruguayUzbekistanVanuatuVenezuelaVietnamVirgin Islands (USA)ZambiaZimbabweSlovakia Administrative units (geographical/political)Cross-nationalNational In the IMF DOTS database, the term 'country' not only refers to a territorial entity that is a state as understood by international law and practice but also covers some non-sovereign territorial entities such as the European Union or Africa. Numeric Time SeriesMonthly, quarterly and annual. Effective January 1st 2015, the IMF introduced a new policy whereby access to the IMF online statistics databases became free to all users. As a result of this policy the IMF datasets hosted by the UK Data Service are now freely available to all. Please refer to the IMF’s <a href="http://www.imf.org/external/terms.htm" title="Special Terms and Conditions Pertaining to the Use of Data">Special Terms and Conditions Pertaining to the Use of Data</a>. See <restrctn> https://oai.ukdataservice.ac.uk:8443/oai/provider 4745 2025-01-31T07:37:04Z ddi:codebook:2_5