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Public dataset/Import-export/Release 1.0.0
Global Import-Export Top HS4 Routes (1995-2024)
Ranked exporter-importer routes for HS4 product groups, with trade history, growth, peak comparisons, and available tariff and distance context.
Dataset guide
What this dataset contains
Each record covers: one ranked exporter-importer route within an HS4 product group.
Included data
- Route ranking and latest export values
- Multi-year growth and historical peak measures
- Distance, reported trade-agreement, and tariff indicators
Metric notes
- HS4 is a four-digit Harmonized System product group.
- CAGR is the compound annual growth rate across a multi-year period.
- Year-over-year growth compares a value with the previous year; a negative percentage indicates a decline.
- Fields marked USD are monetary values denominated in US dollars.
- Count fields report the number of items named in the field, such as products, partners, or routes.
- Values ending in pp are percentage-point changes.
- Values ending in pct are percentages.
- Country fields ending in ISO3 use three-letter ISO 3166-1 country codes.
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Sample records122,300 total records
| hs4 | corridor_rank | exporter_iso3 | importer_iso3 | first_data_year | latest_data_year |
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Schema at a glance
Field names and types for reuse.
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Identity
hs4exporter_iso3importer_iso3first_data_yearlatest_data_yearyears_with_datahistorical_peak_yearpositive_growth_year_share_pctactive_hs6_countaccess_data_yearMeasures
yoy_growth_latest_pctReference
corridor_rankexports_latest_usdexports_avg_3y_usdexports_avg_5y_usdexports_avg_10y_usdexports_cagr_3y_pctexports_cagr_5y_pctexports_cagr_10y_pcthistorical_peak_usdlatest_below_peak_pcttrend_acceleration_pcttrend_labeldistance_kmhas_reported_ftaapplied_tariff_pctmfn_tariff_pctpreferential_tariff_pcttariff_advantage_pprefreshed_atPublic release
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Source: OECD BIMTS HS2017-6DYugalinks release 1.0.0