Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

 
Trade Statistics in Policymaking -
A handbook of Commonly Used Trade Indices and Indicators
(ST/ESCAP/2491)


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Acronyms and abbreviations
Symbols
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III. 

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VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

Introduction

Notation

Trade and economy

Trade Performance

Direction of Trade

Sectoral Structure of Trade

Protection

Beyond Indicators

References
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Last updated: 9 January 2008