International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bureau of Economic Analysis Industry International API
description: The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API provides programmatic access to BEA published economic statistics using industry-standard methods and procedures. The API includes methods for retrieving a subset of statistical data and the metadata that describes it. Available datasets include National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA), Multinational Enterprises (MNE), Fixed Assets, International Transactions Accounts (ITA), International Investment Position (IIP), Input-Output tables, Regional data, GDP by Industry, and more.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Bureau of Economic Analysis Developer Support
url: https://www.bea.gov/resources/for-developers
license:
name: Public Domain
url: https://www.bea.gov/help/faq/245
servers:
- url: https://apps.bea.gov/api/data
description: BEA API Production Server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: International
description: International transactions, investment position, and multinational enterprise data.
paths:
/ita-data:
get:
operationId: getITAData
summary: Get International Transactions Data
description: Retrieves data from the International Transactions Accounts (ITA) dataset. Covers U.S. current account, capital account, and financial account transactions with the rest of the world.
tags:
- International
parameters:
- name: UserID
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
- name: method
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- GetData
example: GetData
- name: DatasetName
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- ITA
example: ITA
- name: Indicator
in: query
required: true
description: ITA indicator code (e.g., BalGds for Balance on Goods).
schema:
type: string
example: BalGds
- name: AreaOrCountry
in: query
required: true
description: Country or area code. Use 'AllCountries' for all.
schema:
type: string
example: AllCountries
- name: Frequency
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- A
- QSA
example: A
- name: Year
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: '2023'
- name: ResultFormat
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- JSON
- XML
default: JSON
responses:
'200':
description: International transactions data.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
/mne-data:
get:
operationId: getMNEData
summary: Get Multinational Enterprises Data
description: Retrieves data on U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) and foreign multinational enterprises operating in the United States, including financial and operating data.
tags:
- International
parameters:
- name: UserID
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
- name: method
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- GetData
example: GetData
- name: DatasetName
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
enum:
- MNE
example: MNE
- name: DirectionOfInvestment
in: query
required: true
description: Direction of investment - outward (US parent) or inward (foreign parent).
schema:
type: string
enum:
- outward
- inward
example: outward
- name: ClassificationCode
in: query
required: true
description: Industry or country classification code.
schema:
type: string
example: '0'
- name: Year
in: query
required: true
schema:
type: string
example: '2022'
- name: SeriesID
in: query
required: true
description: MNE series identifier for the measure requested.
schema:
type: integer
example: 4
- name: ResultFormat
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- JSON
- XML
default: JSON
responses:
'200':
description: Multinational enterprises data.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataResponse'
components:
schemas:
Dimension:
type: object
properties:
Name:
type: string
description: Name of the dimension (e.g., TableName, Frequency, Year, Line).
DataType:
type: string
description: Data type of the dimension values.
IsValue:
type: string
enum:
- '0'
- '1'
description: Indicates if this dimension contains the actual data value.
DataResponse:
type: object
properties:
BEAAPI:
type: object
properties:
Request:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/RequestInfo'
Results:
type: object
properties:
Statistic:
type: string
description: Name of the statistic returned.
UnitOfMeasure:
type: string
description: Unit of measure for the data values.
PublicTable:
type: string
description: Name of the public table.
UTCProductionTime:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Production timestamp of the data.
NoteRef:
type: string
description: Reference to any notes on the data.
Dimensions:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Dimension'
Data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DataPoint'
Notes:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
NoteRef:
type: string
NoteText:
type: string
RequestInfo:
type: object
properties:
RequestParam:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
ParameterName:
type: string
ParameterValue:
type: string
DataPoint:
type: object
properties:
TableName:
type: string
description: Table name for this data point.
SeriesCode:
type: string
description: Series code identifying the specific series.
LineNumber:
type: string
description: Line number in the source table.
LineDescription:
type: string
description: Description of the line item.
TimePeriod:
type: string
description: Time period for the data point (e.g., 2023, 2023Q1).
CL_UNIT:
type: string
description: Classification unit.
MULT:
type: string
description: Multiplier for the data value (e.g., 6 = millions).
DataValue:
type: string
description: The actual data value as a string.
NoteRef:
type: string
description: Reference to note, if applicable.
securitySchemes:
ApiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: query
name: UserID
description: BEA API key obtained by registering at https://apps.bea.gov/api/signup/