comtrade: Access and Analyse UN Comtrade International Trade Data

Download and analyse international merchandise and services trade data from the United Nations Comtrade database <https://comtradeplus.un.org/>. Retrieve bilateral trade flows, compute trade analytics (revealed comparative advantage, trade concentration, trade balance), and convert between commodity classifications (HS, SITC, BEC). Covers 200+ reporter countries, 60+ years of goods trade data (1962-present), and services trade via EBOPS. Works without registration for basic queries. A free API key from <https://comtradedeveloper.un.org/> unlocks full access.

Version:	0.1.0
Depends:	R (≥ 4.1.0)
Imports:	cli (≥ 3.6.0), httr2 (≥ 1.0.0), stats, tools, utils
Suggests:	testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published:	2026-04-13
DOI:	10.32614/CRAN.package.comtrade
Author:	Charles Coverdale [aut, cre]
Maintainer:	Charles Coverdale <charlesfcoverdale at gmail.com>
BugReports:	https://github.com/charlescoverdale/comtrade/issues
License:	MIT + file LICENSE
URL:	https://github.com/charlescoverdale/comtrade
NeedsCompilation:	no
Language:	en-GB
Materials:	README, NEWS
CRAN checks:	comtrade results

Documentation:

Reference manual:

comtrade.html , comtrade.pdf

Downloads:

Package source:	comtrade_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries:	r-release: comtrade_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: comtrade_0.1.0.zip
macOS binaries:	r-release (arm64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz

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