International Business Research

Comprehensive statistical resource for the ASEAN nations, including population, health, economic, tourism, trade and more. Published annually.

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This guide highlights resources for international business information.

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Links to Hong Kong government and business statistics.

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Market conditions, opportunities, regulations, and business customs for over 125 countries prepared by trade and industry experts at U.S. embassies worldwide.

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USITC DataWeb provides U.S. merchandise trade and tariff data in a user friendly web interface. Trade data for 1989 to the present are available on a monthly, quarterly, annual, or year-to-date basis and can be retrieved using a sophisticated querying tool with features such as user defined country and commodity groups.

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Economists and trade experts analyze and rank industry opportunities in key overseas markets. The reports provide a detailed assessment of the competitiveness landscape within a sector.

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Provides limited information on global markets, economic research and financial services and infrastructure.

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The Center for Pacific Basin Studies promotes cooperation among central banks in the Pacific Basin and provides insight into and analysis of economic policy issues affecting the region.

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This site is maintained by the Federal Reserve of St. Louis. A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. Download data into Microsoft Excel and text formats and view charts of data series.

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The Global 500 is the international version of Fortune’s standard “500” list, which focuses only on America’s largest corporations. This is a handy site for identifying large global companies and the countries they are headquartered in.

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Approximately 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries starting in 1948. Includes exchange rates, fund accounts and the main global and country economic indicators.

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Economists and trade experts analyze and rank industry opportunities in key overseas markets. The reports provide a detailed assessment of the competitiveness landscape within a sector, country and trade topic.

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Japanese economic data, including annual and quarterly reporting on national accounts.

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Statistical information from a wide variety of sources prepared by the NBER. Emphasis is on U.S. but some other country data is also available. Also contains NBER Working Papers.

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The National Bureau of Statistics is in charge of statistics and economic accounting in China.

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Online library of statistical databases, books and periodicals. Downloadable charts and graphs include the background data from which the chart or graph was made.

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Demographic and other population-related statistics; choose a geography for a list of available statistics.

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A U.S. Department of Commerce monthly publication that provides data on U.S. business on the regional, national, and international levels. Among statistical series covered are personal income, inventories and sales, national income and product accounts, foreign direct investment in the United States, U.S. direct investment abroad, international transactions, and gross state product.

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Interactive tool generating tables and graphics detailing annual and quarterly year-to-date U.S. goods trade data from 2002 to the most recently available quarter based upon user-specified options. Data are available for individual countries, trade & economic groups, or geographic regions, and can be tabulated using any of three product classification systems: HS (up to 4-digit level), NAICS (up to 4-digit level), or SITC (up to 3-digit level).

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Dynamically generate tables and charts detailing historical trade by U.S. top trade partners or U.S. top products. Historical data are available from 2000 to the most recent month year-to-date and can be detailed by individual country, trade & economic group, or geographic region and tabulated using various product classification systems: NAICS (up to 6-digits), HS (up to 10-digits), SITC (up to 5-digits), End-Use Category (up to 5 digits), or Hi-Tech Products (up to 2 digits).

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This site pulls together the numerous statistical databases maintained by the United Nations. Browse by country or topic. It is easy to search keywords across the data. A glossary is provided as well as a detailed description of each of the data sets.

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List of each country’s statistical agencies.

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Foreign Trade is the official source for U.S. export and import statistics and responsible for issuing regulations governing the reporting of all export shipments from the United States. If you're searching for import or export statistics, information on export regulations, commodity classifications, or a host of other trade related topics, this is the place to get the information you need.

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Comprehensive set of data on living standards around the globe, including hundreds of indicators that go back 50 years. Databases include: World Development Indicators; Global Development Finance; Africa Development Indicators; Global Economic Monitor; Doing Business; Education Statistics; Health, Nutrition and Population Statistics, Millennium Development Indicators; Gender Statistic; and Actionable Governance Indicators. (Ongoing updates)

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