Global Trade Data — Imports & Exports by Country & Product

Pull import and export trade values between any two countries, broken down by product, straight from the World Bank WITS TradeStats database. India, China, the US, the EU and 200+ economies, going back years. Built for trade and supply-chain intelligence, market research, economics and policy analysis. No API key. You only pay for data points delivered.

Keywords: world trade data, import export data API, WITS API, bilateral trade, trade statistics, China India US trade, customs data, supply chain intelligence, trade by product.

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Why this actor

Country-to-country trade data is some of the most useful economic data there is — but the official sources (UN Comtrade, US Census) now sit behind API keys, and WITS itself returns SDMX, a famously awkward statistical format with dimension-indexed payloads. This actor handles all of that and gives you one flat, analysis-ready record per trade flow:

• Bilateral trade — pick a reporter country and one or more partners (or WLD for the world).
• Imports, exports, or both — in a single run.
• Product breakdown — the standard ~29 product sections (Animal, Vegetable, Machinery, Textiles, …), or a specific code for advanced users.
• Multi-year — pass a year range to build a time series.
• Clean output — reporter, partner, year, flow, product, and trade value in US$ thousand.
• No API key — built on the World Bank's open WITS API.

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What you can build with it

• Supply-chain & sourcing intelligence — see exactly how much of each product category flows between two countries, and how it's trending.
• Market sizing — quantify a country's imports of your product category to size an export opportunity.
• Trade-war / tariff analysis — track how China↔US or India↔China flows shift year over year by product.
• Economics & policy research — assemble bilateral trade matrices without wrestling with SDMX.
• Dashboards — feed a country-pair trade dashboard on a schedule.

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Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
reporter	string	USA	Reporter country, 3-letter ISO (e.g. USA, IND, CHN).
partners	string[]	["CHN"]	Partner countries, ISO3. Use WLD for world total.
yearFrom / yearTo	integer	2021	Year range.
flows	string[]	both	imports, exports, or both.
productCode	string	all	all = ~29 product sections; or a specific HS/SITC code.
maxResults	integer	1000	Max data points to return.

Example input

{
  "reporter": "IND",
  "partners": ["CHN", "USA", "ARE"],
  "yearFrom": 2018,
  "yearTo": 2021,
  "flows": ["imports", "exports"],
  "maxResults": 2000
}

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Output

Each trade flow is one dataset record:

{
  "reporter_code": "USA",
  "reporter": "United States",
  "partner_code": "CHN",
  "partner": "China",
  "year": "2021",
  "flow": "imports",
  "product_code": "16-24_FoodProd",
  "product_name": "Food Products",
  "indicator_code": "MPRT-TRD-VL",
  "indicator": "Import Trade Value (US$ Thousand)",
  "value_usd_thousand": 2728506.284,
  "scraped_at": "2026-06-11T13:00:00.000Z"
}

A final {"_type": "summary"} record reports how many data points were returned.

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Pricing

Your first 25 data points are free — every Apify account, no card, no trial clock. After that it is a flat $0.002 per data point.

• First 25 points free per account (lifetime), then $0.002/point ($2 per 1,000)
• Zero charge on empty runs — parameters that return no data cost nothing
• No monthly minimum, no rental
• A bilateral, both-flows, single-year query (~58 points) costs about $0.07 after the free tier

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FAQ

Do I need an API key? No. This is built on the World Bank's open WITS API.

Which countries are covered? 200+ reporting economies, including India, China, the US, the EU members, and most of the world.

How recent is the data? WITS trade data runs with the usual official statistical lag — typically through the prior year or two. Pass a year range to see what's available.

Can I get a specific product, not just the sections? Yes — pass a specific HS/SITC code in productCode. Leave it as all for the standard ~29-section breakdown.

What's the difference from UN Comtrade? WITS is built largely on Comtrade data but is openly accessible without a key. For the most granular tariff-line detail, Comtrade (key required) goes deeper; for clean country-by-product trade values, WITS is ideal and key-free.