Trade Data Service

Trade Data Service provides an independent expert assessment of trends and outlook for global merchandise by air, sea as well as land-based modes such as road and rail. Merchandise – also known as visible trade – includes manufactured goods, fuel and mining products and agricultural goods. We provide a mix of regular as well as topic specific content and data, including: A global interactive commodity and country level trade dashboard to allow users to analyse historical trade patterns and developments A monthly discussion of market indicators and their impact on trade flows and modal impacts An annual trade forecast Regular weekly articles on special topics, individual country, lane or transport mode specific developments If you have any particular topics of interest, please contact us so we can cover these in our forthcoming analysis. Our contributors are exceptional analysts and have deep professional experience across trade analysis, export development, air cargo, shipping, rail and road. We aim to provide insights, not breaking news. As part of our strategy to maintain independence we keep the names of our authors anonymous. Trade Data Service is maintained by Trade and Transport Group, a Sydney based transportation strategy consulting and research firm. Trade Data Service offers either a monthly or an annual single user subscription option, with more information on our subscriptions page.