History has shown that openness to trade is a key ingredient for economic success and for improved living standards. But simply opening the economy to international trade is not enough. Developing countries – especially the least developed – require help in building their trade-related...

The Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services is a joint publication of six agencies:- the UN, EC, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, and WTO. It addresses a growing demand from governments, businesses and analysts for more relevant, detailed and internationally comparable statistics on services...

This report, prepared by FAO and the OECD with inputs from ERIA, IFPRI, IFAD, and WTO, has been submitted to the G20 Presidency of Japan in response to the Presidency’s request for background notes on Sustainable, Productive and Resilient Agro-Food Systems: value chains, human capital, and the...

Global value chains (GVCs) break up the production process so at different steps can be carried out in different countries. Today’s official statistical information systems, designed to measure economic activity in a pre-GVC world, have struggled to keep pace with these changes. Conventional...

The OECD-WTO Balanced International Trade in Services dataset provides annual bilateral data on international trade in services statistics covering 191 economies and partners. The data are broken down for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services (EBOPS) classifications.

The OECD-WTO Balanced International Trade in Services dataset provides annual bilateral data on international trade in services statistics covering 191 economies and partners. The data are broken down for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services (EBOPS) classifications.

This database seeks to analyse the value added by a country in the production of any good or service that is then exported. This dataset shows data concerning the origin of value added in final demand by country and industry of final demand and source country and industry of the value added.

This database seeks to analyse the value added by a country in the production of any good or service that is then exported, and offers a fuller picture of commercial relations between nations. The current 2018 edition covers 64 economies (including all OECD, EU and G20 countries and most East...

The OECD-WTO Balanced International Trade in Services dataset provides annual bilateral data on international trade in services statistics covering 191 economies and partners. The data are broken down for the 11 main Extended Balance of Payments Services (EBOPS) classifications.