UN Comtrade · Example Payload

Get Bilateral Trade

Example authenticated request to retrieve monthly import data for HS Chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery) between China and the United States for 2023.

TradeInternational TradeImportExportStatisticsUnited NationsEconomicsCommoditiesBilateral TradeHS CodesSITC

Get Bilateral Trade is an example object payload from UN Comtrade, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "title": "Get Bilateral Trade Data — China-USA Monthly HS Chapter 84 (2023)",
  "description": "Example authenticated request to retrieve monthly import data for HS Chapter 84 (nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery) between China and the United States for 2023.",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://comtradeapi.un.org/data/v1/get/C/M/HS",
    "queryParameters": {
      "reporterCode": "156",
      "partnerCode": "840",
      "period": "202301,202302,202303",
      "cmdCode": "84",
      "flowCode": "M",
      "maxRecords": "10",
      "format": "json",
      "breakdownMode": "plus",
      "includeDesc": "true"
    },
    "headers": {
      "Ocp-Apim-Subscription-Key": "{YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_KEY}"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "statusCode": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "elapsedMs": 287,
      "count": 3,
      "validationStatus": "Ok",
      "error": null,
      "data": [
        {
          "typeCode": "C",
          "freqCode": "M",
          "refPeriodId": 202301,
          "refYear": 2023,
          "refMonth": 1,
          "period": "202301",
          "reporterCode": 156,
          "reporterISO": "CHN",
          "reporterDesc": "China",
          "flowCode": "M",
          "flowDesc": "Import",
          "partnerCode": 840,
          "partnerISO": "USA",
          "partnerDesc": "United States of America",
          "partner2Code": null,
          "partner2ISO": null,
          "partner2Desc": null,
          "classificationCode": "HS",
          "classificationSearchCode": "HS",
          "isOriginalClassification": true,
          "cmdCode": "84",
          "cmdDesc": "Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof",
          "aggrLevel": 2,
          "isLeaf": false,
          "customsCode": "C00",
          "customsDesc": "General Trade",
          "mosCode": null,
          "motCode": null,
          "motDesc": null,
          "qtyUnitCode": null,
          "qtyUnitAbbr": null,
          "qty": null,
          "isQtyEstimated": false,
          "altQtyUnitCode": null,
          "altQtyUnitAbbr": null,
          "altQty": null,
          "isAltQtyEstimated": false,
          "netWgt": 142530000,
          "isNetWgtEstimated": false,
          "grossWgt": null,
          "isGrossWgtEstimated": false,
          "cifvalue": 3187420000,
          "fobvalue": null,
          "primaryValue": 3187420000,
          "legacyEstimationFlag": 0,
          "isReported": true,
          "isAggrAbove": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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