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 (may not be active yet) |
| 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 |
| Reference manual: | comtrade.html , comtrade.pdf |
| Package source: | comtrade_0.1.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binaries: | r-devel: not available, r-release: comtrade_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: not available |
| macOS binaries: | r-release (arm64): not available, r-oldrel (arm64): not available, r-release (x86_64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): comtrade_0.1.0.tgz |
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