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gitbook/tools/un-comtrade-database/README.md

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 ## Description
 
-This database contains import and export data for goods and services for about 200 countries/zones since 1962 and up to date. In the [Trade section](https://comtradeplus.un.org/TradeFlow), you can search for monthly or annual trade data using all HS codes or specific HS codes (a commodity classification system, you can easily find the one you need by doing a google search like “commodity name + HS code”, or go ahead and type a keyword in the specific HS bar within the tool) and the countries involved in the trade. There is an advanced search tool that allows you to drill down, adding transport patterns, customs codes, trade flows, among other fields of investigation. You will get the total trade value and quantity of the countries you are researching considering the year or month you have selected. This might be useful if you are looking for an estimate of official data on the quantity imported/exported from a country on a product. 
+This database contains import and export data for goods and services for about 200 countries/zones since 1962 and up to date. In the [Trade section](https://comtradeplus.un.org/TradeFlow), you can search for monthly or annual trade data using all HS codes or specific HS codes (a commodity classification system, you can easily find the one you need by doing a google search like “commodity name + HS code”, or go ahead and type a keyword in the specific HS bar within the tool) and the countries involved in the trade. There is an advanced search tool that allows you to drill down, adding transport patterns, customs codes, trade flows, among other fields of investigation. You will get the total trade value and quantity of the countries you are researching considering the year or month you have selected. This might be useful if you are looking for an estimate of official data on the quantity imported/exported from a country on a product.
 
 In the [Tariffline section](https://comtradeplus.un.org/Tariffline) you will be able to find more specific trade transactions between the countries you are looking for and their trading partners.
 
 For example, if you search for coffee exports from Colombia to Argentina in 2023 in the Tariffline section, you will find 31 shipments with information on mode of transport, value, net weight and gross weight. But if you look in the Trade section, you will get the total trade value ($9,521,444 in the same example).
 
-The site has a [visualization dashboard ](https://comtrade.un.org/labs/data-explorer/)that works with the same values (import/export, country, commodity, year). There is also a experimental data section of estimates of [world seaborne trade](https://comtradeplus.un.org/AISData) in real time, but the data is really scarce and the results not very easy to read.  Trade yearbooks until 2022 are available in the tool website.
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+The site has a [visualization dashboard ](https://comtrade.un.org/labs/data-explorer/)that works with the same values (import/export, country, commodity, year). There is also a experimental data section of estimates of [world seaborne trade](https://comtradeplus.un.org/AISData) in real time, but the data is really scarce and the results not very easy to read. Trade yearbooks until 2022 are available in the tool website.
 
 ## Cost
 
 * [ ] Free
 * [x] Partially Free
 * [ ] Paid
 
-You can access a premium service that allows you to perform bulk downloads and gives you priority access to preview unstructured data (when available). The site says there is a trial subscription for 15 days, but the option to apply is no longer available. I'll send out some emails to try to get one and explore the site more.
+You can access a premium service that allows you to perform bulk downloads and gives you priority access to preview unstructured data (when available). 
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+There is a trial subscription for 15 days. You can request it after 15 days of creating the account.
 
 ## Level of difficulty
 
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 ## Limitations
 
-The tool does not provide specific trade information, only general values. 
+The tool does not provide specific trade information, only general values.
 
 ## Ethical Considerations
 
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ User guides:
 
 [https://comtrade.un.org/labs/data-explorer/UserGuide%20UN%20Comtrade%20Analytics.pdf](https://comtrade.un.org/labs/data-explorer/UserGuide%20UN%20Comtrade%20Analytics.pdf)
 
-Projects that used the tool: 
+Projects that used the tool:
 
-[https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2024/us-china-trade-war-spoiling-international-trade-statistics](https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2024/us-china-trade-war-spoiling-international-trade-statistics) 
+[https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2024/us-china-trade-war-spoiling-international-trade-statistics](https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2024/us-china-trade-war-spoiling-international-trade-statistics)
 
-[https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5090228a1cd04ca7ae8c11cedd8d78fb](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5090228a1cd04ca7ae8c11cedd8d78fb) 
+[https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5090228a1cd04ca7ae8c11cedd8d78fb](https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/5090228a1cd04ca7ae8c11cedd8d78fb)
 
 ## Tool provider