UN Comtrade

UN Comtrade Reference Data API

Public reference data including country groups.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 1

GET /files/v1/app/reference/country_groups.json Get Reference Data - Country Groups #

Work with this as data

Every API here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.

MCP server

One button, every client — Claude, Cursor, VS Code and the rest.

https://apis.io/mcp

Tools for apis

7 MCP tools reach this

find_apisBrowse and filter every API in the catalog.
get_api_artifactsOne API's artifacts, grouped by type.
get_openapiThe primary OpenAPI for this API.
find_similar_apisAPIs that look like this one.
apis_io_searchSTART HERE — APIs, providers and tags for one query, each with its total.
resolveTurn a domain, URL or GitHub org into the provider it belongs to.
find_cohortsEvery scored population of providers in the catalog.

All 92 tools →

Call it yourself

curl for this page

This API

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis/un-comtrade-reference-data-api"

All apis

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/apis?limit=25"

Discovery needs no key. Ratings and market analysis are Pro.

Get an API key

Free tier, no form to fill in. Signing in shares your email address with us — we store it to create your key and to recognise you if you sign in with another provider. See our Privacy Policy and Terms.

GitHub Google LinkedIn

A second provider on the same verified email joins the account you already have.

OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: UN Comtrade Data Bulk Download Reference Data API
  description: 'REST API for extracting international merchandise and services trade statistics from the United Nations Comtrade database. Provides access to final trade data, tariffline data, data availability, metadata, live updates, and bulk file downloads. Covers over 200 reporting countries and territories with data spanning goods and services trade classified by HS, SITC, and other commodity codes. Requires a free B2C account and API subscription key for full access.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: UN Comtrade Support
    email: comtrade@un.org
  x-subscriptions-contact:
    name: UN Comtrade Subscriptions
    email: subscriptions@un.org
  x-logo:
    url: https://comtradeplus.un.org/favicon.ico
  license:
    name: UN Data Terms of Use
    url: https://uncomtrade.org/docs/
servers:
- url: https://comtradeapi.un.org
  description: UN Comtrade API Production Server
security: []
tags:
- name: Reference Data
  description: Public reference data including country groups.
paths:
  /files/v1/app/reference/country_groups.json:
    get:
      operationId: getReferenceCountryGroups
      summary: Get Reference Data - Country Groups
      description: 'Retrieve reference data for country groups used in trade reporting and partner aggregation. Country groups are regional or economic groupings of UN member states. No authentication required.

        '
      tags:
      - Reference Data
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful country groups reference response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/CountryGroup'
components:
  schemas:
    CountryGroup:
      type: object
      description: Reference data for a country grouping.
      properties:
        groupCode:
          type: string
        groupDesc:
          type: string
        memberCode:
          type: integer
        memberISO:
          type: string
        memberDesc:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key
      description: 'API subscription key obtained after registering a free B2C account at https://comtradeplus.un.org/ and subscribing to the relevant API product.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: UN Comtrade API Documentation
  url: https://uncomtrade.org/docs/un-comtrade-api/