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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 publishes 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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20.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFree
2 APIs
World TradeTrade StatisticsTariffsTrade FlowsTrade PolicyInternational TradeGlobal TradeMerchandise TradeServices TradeMarket AccessNon-Tariff MeasuresQuantitative RestrictionsDispute SettlementTrade NotificationsOpen Data

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
Composite quality — 20.7/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 5.5 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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
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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...

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
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  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: '0.19'
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:
  - 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
  - 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