U.S. Government

Import and Export Assistance

• International Trade Administration at Commerce
  Works in coordination with USITC to conduct enforcement on material injury investigations.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection
  Assesses duty rates for tariff and non-tariff classifications on imports.
  • Basics of Importing and Exporting
  • Classification Assistance - Ports Directory
  • Customs Rulings - Memos for individual products
  • E-Rulings - Filing paperwork for customs
  • Questions/Customer Service

Administration and Enforcement

• Office of the United States Trade Representative
  Administers safeguard measures into trade agreements as recommended by USITC.
• Intellectual Property Rights Branch, U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  Enforces exclusion orders on patent-infringing goods issued by the USITC.

U.S. Free Trade Agreements

• Export.gov
  Joint effort on providing updates and information about U.S. trade agreements. (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Commerce, State, Treasury, and the Office of United States Trade Representative.

Trade Data Resources (Data Web-Related)

• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Services - Trade data by agricultural programs.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Employment, pricing, productivity
• U.S. Census Bureau
  • Census Data Product Catalog
  • Census Subscriptions Services - Trade data emailed to you monthly
  • AES Direct - Report exports
• Census - U.S. Trade with Puerto Rico and U.S. Possessions
• Census - International Trade Division
• Census - Schedule B - U.S. export trade classification schedule
  • Release Schedule
• U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
    Synopsis of current trade, exports by state, and metropolitan area to the world.
  • Bureau of Economic Analysis
    Estimates of trade in services and of sales of services in international markets through U.S. and foreign affiliates of multinational companies.
  • Office of Textiles and Apparel
    Trade data by textile and apparel quotas.
• U.S. Federal Reserve - Beige Book - Economic conditions by the Federal Reserve District
• U.S. Department of Transportation
  • National Transportation Statistics - Trade data by mode of transportation.

Legal Information

• GPO - Congressional records, Federal Register notices, GAO reports, Privacy Act issuances, U.S. Code
• Library of Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. Copyright Office
• U.S. Patents Database
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

Non-U.S. Governments

International Treaty Organization - Background Support for Trade Agreements

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• United Nations (UN)

Economic Development Organizations (Non-Government)

• African Development Bank Group
• Asian Development Bank
• Bank for International Settlements
• Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)
• Food and Agriculture Organization
• Inter-American Development Bank Group (FAO)
• International Development Research Centre (Canada)
• Latin America Integration Association (ALADI)
• Organization of American States - Foreign Trade Information System (SICE)
• World Bank
• World Health Organization

World Trade Data Resources

• ASEANstats (ASEAN Statistics Division)
• Statistics Canada
  Information for understanding and ordering Canadian trade statistics.
• CARICOM Statistics - Statistical information for the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Eurostat - Statistics on international trade in goods of the EU
  
• Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
  FTAA Hemispheric Trade and Tariff Database
• IMF Data - Economic and Financial Data
• International Trade Centre (UNCTAD/WTO)
  U.N. trade statistics for all countries at the three digit SITC level.
• CHASS Computing Facility at the University of Toronto
  Selected databases (Some are free; most are subscription based).
• Penn World Tables
  A database of International Comparisons. Includes stats on population, GDP, GNP, consumption, investments, price levels, exchange rates. (University of Pennsylvania)

World Trade Tariff Resources (Export/Import Classification Assistance)

• Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Tariff Database
• Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
• European Union (EU) - Taxation and Customs
  • Tariff Rate Look-up
• Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA Hemispheric Trade and Tariff Database)
• Jordan - Customs Department
• Statistics Norway
• World Bank - General Tariff Data
• International Trade Data System (ITDS)