Free and Premium subscriptions
UN Comtrade is free for every registered user. A Premium subscription is for users who need larger volumes of data: bigger downloads, background processing of large queries and complete bulk data files. Premium is available to individuals and to institutions.
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Free
For individual users. Register with an email address to preview, download and save searches within the standard limits.
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Premium Individual
For individual users who need more data. Higher limits on every service, plus bulk files, background downloads and 5,000 API calls a day.
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Premium Institutional
Premium access for everyone at a subscribing institution, through the institution's email domain. Includes unlimited API calls a day.
Main limits
| Free | Premium Individual | Premium Institutional | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Download per request | 100,000 records | 250,000 records | 250,000 records |
| Background download (Deliver) | Not included | 2.5 million records | 2.5 million records |
| Bulk files | Not included | Included | Included |
| API calls a day | 500 | 5,000 | Unlimited |
Premium Individual and Premium Institutional offer the same features on the website. They differ in who can use them and in the daily number of API calls.
Data queries
All accounts can preview, download, share and save queries on the trade statistics page. Premium increases the amount of data per request:
- Download: up to 100,000 records per request with Free, and up to 250,000 with Premium.
- Deliver (Premium only): processes queries of up to 2.5 million records in the background and tells you by email when the file is ready. Completed files are listed under My data deliveries.
View full size: Deliver is available
View full size: Email with the download link
Bulk files
Bulk files contain each reporter's complete data for a period, as compressed files. There is no query to build and no limit on records. Choose the type (goods or services), frequency (annual or monthly), classification (including each HS edition from 1992 to 2022), periods and reporters, and download the files you need.
View full size: Goods, annual, HS as reported, 2025: 131 files, one per reporter
Comoros, 2000: all products, all partners
One compressed file with all of the Comoros' trade in goods in 2000, detailed by 6-digit HS product for each partner. Download the sample file
- Download size
- 86 KB (gzip)
- Format
- Tab-separated text, 34 columns
- Classification
- HS 1992 (H0)
- Records
- 7,618 (7,157 imports, 461 exports)
- Partners
- 58
- Product codes
- 2,099 at 2, 4 and 6 digits
| flowCode | partnerCode | cmdCode | netWgt (kg) | CIFValue | FOBValue | primaryValue | What it is |
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| X | 0 | TOTAL | 7,179,964 | 7,179,964 | All exports to the world | ||
| X | 0 | 090500 | 99,848 | 4,900,602 | 4,900,602 | Vanilla, exports to the world | |
| X | 842 | 090500 | 23,034 | 1,128,338 | 1,128,338 | Vanilla, exports to the United States | |
| X | 0 | 0907 | 594,565 | 1,436,341 | 1,436,341 | Cloves, exports to the world | |
| M | 0 | 100630 | 23,096,731 | 5,265,157 | 5,265,157 | Milled rice, imports from the world | |
| M | 586 | 100630 | 22,330,625 | 4,882,654 | 4,882,654 | Milled rice, imports from Pakistan | |
| M | 0 | 271000 | 5,172,726 | 2,846,627 | 2,846,627 | Petroleum oils (not crude), imports from the world |
Values are in US dollars. Each file comes in two formats: Classic, and Plus, which has extra detail columns. Bulk files can also be downloaded by program through the Bulk API; see the API documentation.
Plan comparison
Eligibility
| Feature | Free | Premium Individual | Premium Institutional |
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| Users | One person | One person | Everyone at the institution |
| Sign-in | Registered email | Registered email | Institution's email domain |
| Annual fee | None | Paid subscription | Paid subscription: Pro 1 for not-for-profit and academic institutions, Pro 2 for for-profit and private-sector institutions |
Website features
| Feature | Free | Premium Individual | Premium Institutional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preview data | Included | Included | Included |
| Download data | Included: up to 100,000 records per request | Included: up to 250,000 records per request | Included: up to 250,000 records per request |
| Background download (Deliver) | Not included | Included: up to 2.5 million records | Included: up to 2.5 million records |
| Save parameters and searches | Included | Included | Included |
| Bulk files | Not included | Included | Included |
API access
| Feature | Free | Premium Individual | Premium Institutional |
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| API calls a day | 500 | 5,000 | Unlimited |
| Rate limit | 1 call a second | 5 calls a second | 5 calls a second |
| Data API | Included: up to 100,000 records per call | Included: up to 250,000 records per call | Included: up to 250,000 records per call |
| Bulk API | Not included | Included | Included |
| Async API | Not included | Included: up to 2.5 million records | Included: up to 2.5 million records |
| API key | May be renewed from time to time | Permanent | Permanent |
Getting Premium access
Through your institution
Your university, library or organization may already have a Premium Institutional subscription. Log in with your institutional email address: if your institution subscribes, the account menu shows My Comtrade Premium and all Premium features are available to you.
Subscribe
Individual and institutional subscriptions are sold by the UN Shop: shop.un.org/databases#Comtrade.
Contact us
For questions about subscriptions, write to subscriptionsun.org.
The subscription limits are also published on the Subscriptions page of the help center.