# UN Comtrade Public Preview API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-public-preview-api/  
**Provider:** UN Comtrade — https://apis.io/providers/un-comtrade/  
**Base URL:** https://comtradeapi.un.org  
**Documentation:** https://comtradedeveloper.un.org/

UN Comtrade Public Preview API is one of 6 APIs that [UN Comtrade](https://apis.io/providers/un-comtrade/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Public Preview. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and pricing.

Public endpoints requiring no authentication — limited to 500 records.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/public/v1/preview/{typeCode}/{freqCode}/{clCode}` | Preview Final Trade Data |
| GET | `/public/v1/getMetadata` | Preview Metadata |
| GET | `/public/v1/getDA/{typeCode}/{freqCode}/{clCode}` | Preview Data Availability |

## Machine-readable artifacts (11)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/un-comtrade/refs/heads/main/openapi/un-comtrade-public-preview-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://uncomtrade.org/docs/un-comtrade-api/
- **DeveloperPortal** — https://comtradedeveloper.un.org/
- **Authentication** — https://uncomtrade.org/docs/api-subscription-keys/
- **Plans** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/un-comtrade/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
- **RateLimits** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/un-comtrade/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
- **FinOps** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/un-comtrade/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
- **Signup** — https://comtradeplus.un.org/
- **Pricing** — https://shop.un.org/databases
- **Python SDK** — https://github.com/uncomtrade/comtradeapicall
- **R Package** — https://docs.ropensci.org/comtradr/

## Other UN Comtrade APIs (5)

- [UN Comtrade Bulk Download API](https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-bulk-download-api/)
- [UN Comtrade Data Availability API](https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-data-availability-api/)
- [UN Comtrade Final Trade Data API](https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-final-trade-data-api/)
- [UN Comtrade Reference Data API](https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-reference-data-api/)
- [UN Comtrade Tariffline Data API](https://apis.io/apis/un-comtrade/un-comtrade-tariffline-data-api/)

## Tags

Public Preview

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