WTO

The World Trade Organization (WTO) provides a REST API for programmatic access to global trade statistics, tariff data, trade flows, quantitative restrictions, dispute settlement records, and trade policy notifications. The flagship Timeseries API covers merchandise trade and services statistics (annual, quarterly, monthly), market access indicators including bound, applied, and preferential tariffs, non-tariff measures, and other WTO-related indicators. API access requires a free API key obtained from the WTO API Developer Portal at apiportal.wto.org.

WTO is listed with 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include World Trade, Trade Statistics, Tariffs, Trade Flows, and Trade Policy.

WTO’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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19.1/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 0/100 dormant saas Full breakdown ↓
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2 APIs

World TradeTrade StatisticsTariffsTrade FlowsTrade Policy International Trade Global TradeMerchandise TradeServices TradeMarket AccessNon-Tariff MeasuresQuantitative RestrictionsDispute SettlementTrade NotificationsOpen Data

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scored 2026-11-13 · rubric v0.28.0

Composite quality — 19.1/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 5.7 / 17

Access Clarity 3.2 / 17

Operational Transparency 2.6 / 11

Contract Governance 0.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 0.9 / 15

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Machine-Readable Contract +18 pts — api_specs includes an OpenAPI document Ask about this →
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Access Clarity scores 19.1 — up to +16.2 composite points Ask about this →
Developer Ergonomics scores 33.3 — up to +13.3 composite points Ask about this →

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

WTO Timeseries API

The WTO flagship API providing programmatic access to a large number of statistical indicators related to WTO issues. Data covers merchandise trade and trade in services statist...

WTO Quantitative Restrictions API

Provides programmatic access to WTO quantitative restrictions data, including member notifications, product-level restrictions, and QR listings. Enables retrieval of trade measu...

WTO API pricing

Not yet checked against WTO's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure.

Plan	Price
Free (Public)	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Free Tier Sustained Rate: 1 requests per second
Free Tier Practical Daily Guideline: 10000 requests per day

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against WTO's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Billed by: Request · FinOps profile →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

WTO Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

WTO Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

WTO Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

WTO Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: wto
name: WTO
description: The World Trade Organization (WTO) provides a REST API for programmatic access to global trade statistics, tariff
  data, trade flows, quantitative restrictions, dispute settlement records, and trade policy notifications. The flagship Timeseries
  API covers merchandise trade and services statistics (annual, quarterly, monthly), market access indicators including bound,
  applied, and preferential tariffs, non-tariff measures, and other WTO-related indicators. API access requires a free API
  key obtained from the WTO API Developer Portal at apiportal.wto.org.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-13'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/wto.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wto/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- World Trade
- Trade Statistics
- Tariffs
- Trade Flows
- Trade Policy
- International Trade
- Global Trade
- Merchandise Trade
- Services Trade
- Market Access
- Non-Tariff Measures
- Quantitative Restrictions
- Dispute Settlement
- Trade Notifications
- Open Data
apis:
- aid: wto:timeseries
  name: WTO Timeseries API
  description: The WTO flagship API providing programmatic access to a large number of statistical indicators related to WTO
    issues. Data covers merchandise trade and trade in services statistics (annual, quarterly, and monthly), market access
    indicators (bound, applied, and preferential tariffs), non-tariff information, and other indicators. Authentication requires
    a free API key obtained from the WTO API Developer Portal.
  humanURL: https://apiportal.wto.org/
  baseURL: https://api.wto.org/timeseries/v1
  tags:
  - Time Series
  - Trade Statistics
  - Tariffs
  - Merchandise Trade
  - Services Trade
  - Market Access
  tags_raw:
  - Timeseries
  - Trade Statistics
  - Tariffs
  - Merchandise Trade
  - Services Trade
  - Market Access
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/apis
  - type: Portal
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/signup
  - type: Interactive
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/api-details
- aid: wto:quantitative-restrictions
  name: WTO Quantitative Restrictions API
  description: Provides programmatic access to WTO quantitative restrictions data, including member notifications, product-level
    restrictions, and QR listings. Enables retrieval of trade measure data by member economy and product classification. Authentication
    requires a free API key from the WTO API Developer Portal.
  humanURL: https://apiportal.wto.org/
  baseURL: https://api.wto.org
  tags:
  - Quantitative Restrictions
  - Non-Tariff Measures
  - Trade Policy
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Quantitative Restrictions
  - Non-Tariff Measures
  - Trade Policy
  - Notifications
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/apis
  - type: Portal
    url: https://apiportal.wto.org/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wto-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.wto.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apiportal.wto.org/apis
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/wto
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/world-trade-organization/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news_e.htm
- type: Pricing
  url: https://apiportal.wto.org/products
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://apiportal.wto.org/
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/WTO
- type: Plans
  url: plans/wto-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/wto-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/wto-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

WTO API — frequently asked questions

Does WTO have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 2 APIs from WTO, including WTO Timeseries API and WTO Quantitative Restrictions API.

How do I authenticate with the WTO API?

WTO uses bearer-token authentication.

How much does the WTO API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for WTO, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the WTO API ready for AI agents?

WTO has a Kin Score of 19.1 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 3.1 (human-only), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-13.

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