Package: comtrade
Title: Access and Analyse UN Comtrade International Trade Data
Version: 0.1.1
Authors@R:
person("Charles", "Coverdale", , "charlesfcoverdale@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
Description: Download and analyse international merchandise and
services trade data from the United Nations Comtrade database
. Retrieve bilateral trade flows,
compute trade analytics (revealed comparative advantage, trade
concentration, trade balance), and convert between commodity
classifications (Harmonised System 'HS', Standard International
Trade Classification 'SITC', Broad Economic Categories 'BEC').
Covers 200+ reporter countries, 60+ years of goods trade data
(1962-present), and services trade via Extended Balance of
Payments Services ('EBOPS'). Works without registration for
basic queries. A free Application Programming Interface ('API')
key from unlocks full
access.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
Language: en-GB
URL: https://charlescoverdale.github.io/comtrade/,
https://github.com/charlescoverdale/comtrade
BugReports: https://github.com/charlescoverdale/comtrade/issues
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Depends: R (>= 4.1.0)
Imports: cli (>= 3.6.0), httr2 (>= 1.0.0), stats, tools, utils
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
Config/pak/sysreqs: libssl-dev
Repository: https://charlescoverdale.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-05-04 19:11:38 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/charlescoverdale/comtrade
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 59eade50582d27da862bc8f6de5508e2f967e37a
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-07-05 05:57:51 UTC; root
Author: Charles Coverdale [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Charles Coverdale