(i) UN Comtrade is a repository of official international trade statistics and relevant analytical tables. (ii) In the case of the general trade system, export flows come from: (1) The free circulation area, premises for inward processing or industrial free zones; (2) Premises for customs warehousing or commercial free zones. There are three types of exports: (a) Domestic goods originating in the free circulation area or in industrial free zones; (b) Domestic goods comprised of compensating products after inward processing; (c) Foreign goods in the same state as previously imported. In the case of the general trade system, import flows come from the rest of the world or from customs transit, i.e., goods redirected from customs transit to remain in the economic territory. There are three types of imports: (a) Foreign goods (other than compensating products after outward processing); (b) Foreign goods comprised of compensating products after outward processing; (c) Domestic goods in the same state as previously exported. (so-called re-imports). (iii) EU28 (iv) Over 140 reporter countries provide the United Nations Statistics Division with their annual international trade statistics detailed by commodities and partner countries. These data are subsequently transformed into the United Nations Statistics Division standard format with consistent coding and valuation using the UN/OECD CoprA internal processing system.
