Answered By: Bobray Bordelon
Last Updated: Aug 28, 2023     Views: 160

  • Available for free at the IMF site.
  • Global Insight has Direction of Trade Statistics. 
    • Click on Global Economy Historical as the dataset.
    • Choose bank name International Economic - Historical and then IMF_DOT.
    • Choose your geography.
    • View results
  • Sage Data also has Direction of Trade Statistics.
    • Click on Browse by Source and Choose International Monetary Fund.
    • Note that currently this version only goes back to 1980.
  • Direction of Trade Statistics Yearbook cumulates many of the series.
    • Print in Firestone stacks, current edition in Firestone Data and Statistical Services, call number HF1007.D631.
  • See the periodic report Guide to Direction of Trade Statistics for methodology.
    • Current print edition in Firestone Data and Statistical Services, call number HF1007.D632 1993
  • International Financial Statistics contains data prior to 1960.

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