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Database Info: Handbook of Statistics (UNCTAD)

Description The Handbook of Statistics from UNCTAD provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of international trade, investment and development, for individual countries and for economic and trade groupings.

The publication presents consolidated reference statistics considered of particular importance for describing how developing countries and economies in transition have evolved in the context of globalization, including:
  • International merchandise trade: values, trends and regional trade zones;
  • Export and import structure by products and by regions of origin and destination, and related concentration and diversification indices;
  • Volume and terms of trade indices;
  • Average applied import tariff rates;
  • Trade in services: total trade and trade by sector;
  • Maritime transport: world merchant fleet;
  • Commodity prices and relevant price indices; production and processing of selected raw mineral commodities;
  • International financial data: current accounts, capital and financial accounts, foreign direct investment, external indebtedness, workers´ remittances, etc.;
  • Indicators of development: GDP, population and labour, and selected development indicators.

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