Welcome to. International Trade and Market Access Online WTO trade statistics illustrated

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1 Welcome to International Trade and Market Access Online WTO trade statistics illustrated This application aims to illustrate all available WTO trade statistics through graphs and charts in an interactive manner. The application features all data on merchandise and commercial services trade, and data published on the WTO Tariff Profiles. The application also has links to the existing available WTO general information on tariffs and the "Made in the World Initiative (MIWI). It has 3 major dashboards: the Trade, Trends and Tariffs Dashboard. The Trade Dashboard aims to show the leading traders by commodity group or sector and year. The leading traders are selected from either: a) all available countries of the world, b) all countries of a selected region, or c) all member countries of a selected economic grouping. The dashboard also aims to show leading partners of selected individual reporting countries. The details below provide more information about the Trade Dashboard: Contents I. THE SELECTION PANELS:... 2 A. TOP SELECTION PANEL... 2 B. MIDDLE SELECTION PANEL... 2 C. BOTTOM SELECTION PANEL... 2 II. REPORTING AND PARTNER ENTITIES... 2 A. REPORTING COUNTRIES, REGIONS AND GROUPS ("REPORTERS")... 2 B. PARTNER COUNTRIES AND GROUPS ("PARTNERS")... 3 III. THE VISUALIZATIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONALITIES:... 3 A. WORLD MAP... 3 B. DATA TABLE... 4 C. BAR CHART... 5 IV. COMPOSITION, DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY LINKS... 6 A. COMPOSITION OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECONOMIC GROUPINGS... 6 B. DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY... 6 C. SPECIFIC NOTES FOR SELECTED ECONOMIES... 6 D. STATISTICAL SOURCES... 6 E. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS... 6 V. TRENDS ICON... 6 VI. COMMODITY AND REPORTER PROFILE ICONS... 6 A. COMMODITY PROFILES... 6 B. REPORTER PROFILES... 6 VII. EXPORTING DATA AND CHARTS... 7 A. EXPORTING DATA FROM THE MAP... 7 B. EXPORTING THE BAR CHART... 7 VIII. INTERNET BROWSERS... 7 A. RECOMMENDED BROWSERS... 7 B. BROWSERS WITH LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY... 7 IX. CONTACT

2 I. THE SELECTION PANELS: A. TOP SELECTION PANEL The top selection panel is the panel where users are able to select the desired commodity group or sector from merchandise or commercial services trade, and the trade flow. B. MIDDLE SELECTION PANEL The middle panel contains a selection panel whereby users are able to select a reporting entity (from now on known as "reporters"), and the reporter's partner entity (from now on, noted as "partners") for which data is available. C. BOTTOM SELECTION PANEL The bottom panel shows all the variables selected in the top and middle panels, as well as the resulting value of trade with the partner selected from the partner dropdown list in the middle panel. It will also show accompanying explanatory notes on the data methodology of the selected reporting entity, if applicable. II. REPORTING AND PARTNER ENTITIES A. REPORTING COUNTRIES, REGIONS AND GROUPS ("REPORTERS") 1. Reporters could be selected from the left and center dropdown lists of the middle selection panel. These could either be: a) Countries belonging to a specific region Select button "Economic region" and "All countries" in the reporter dropdown list. b) Countries belonging to a specific economic grouping Select "Region" and "All countries" in the reporter dropdown list. c) The World Select either "Economic grouping" or "Region" buttons and "All countries" in the reporter dropdown list. d) An individual country An individual country may be selected as a reporter through either of the following ways: i. Selecting the country from the reporter dropdown list in the middle selection panel ii. Clicking on the country shape, bubble or label in the world map (see III.A below for details) iii. Clicking on the country in the data table below the map (see III.B below for details) iv. Clicking on the country in the bar chart next to the data table (see III.C below for details) 2. In the map, reporters are represented as bubbles. a) If the trade flow is exports, reporters are blue bubbles. b) If the trade flow is imports, reporters are red bubbles. 2

3 3. In the bottom selection panel, a) If the selected reporter is an economic group or a region, and "All Countries" is selected in the reporter dropdown list, the value of trade that will be shown is the value of trade of the economic group or region with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle panel. b) Consequently, if the selected reporter is an individual country, the value of trade that will be shown is the value of trade of the reporter with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle panel. B. PARTNER COUNTRIES AND GROUPS ("PARTNERS") 1. Partners of a selected reporter could be selected from the partner dropdown list in the right side of the middle selection panel. The partner dropdown list varies according to data availability of the selected reporters. 2. In the map, partners are represented as yellow squares. III. THE VISUALIZATIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONALITIES: A. WORLD MAP A world map shows the geographical location of the reporters and partners specified in the selection panels. 1. By selecting an economic group or region and "All countries" in the reporter dropdown list of the middle selection panel of the dashboard, the member countries of the economic group or region will be represented as bubbles in the map. a. When hovering (put the mouse over) over the bubbles of the selected reporting economic group or region, each bubble will show a tooltip (or dialog box) containing information on the reporter's WTO membership status, the selected type of trade, year, commodity/sector and partner, the resulting value of trade with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle selection panel, as well as methodological notes of the reporter, if applicable. b. Country labels of the top 5 countries of the selected reporting group or economic region will be appear. c. Also, when hovering over a country of the selected reporting economic group or region, the same country in the data table situated below the map is prompted and marked (i.e. coloured) simultaneously (see III.B below). 2. When selecting an individual country as a reporter in the map, one of the 2 events below may happen: a. If partner data for this reporter is available, its 5 leading partners (represented by yellow squares) will appear in the map, and will be connected with the reporter through arrow lines. The partner that will appear in the partner dropdown list in the middle selection 3

4 panel will be "World". If another partner other than "World" is selected, both reporter (bubble) and partner (square) will appear connected by an arrow. i. Each partner (or square) may be "hovered" and will show a "tooltip" containing information on the selected partner's WTO membership status, the selected type of trade, year, commodity or sector, and the resulting value of trade with the reporter. ii. The arrow connecting the square and the bubble will also show the same tooltip. iii. The partners or squares are sized according to value of trade with the reporter. iv. Country labels of the partner countries of the reporting country will also appear. Upon hovering over them, a tooltip will show the selected partner's WTO membership status, the selected type of trade, year, commodity or sector, and the resulting value of trade with the reporter. v. Arrows for export trade flows are red and arrows for import trade flows are blue. b. If partner data for the selected reporter country is not available (except "World"), only the bubble representing the reporter will appear in the map. The tooltip shown when hovered over the bubble will contain the reporter's WTO membership status, the selected type of trade, year, commodity/sector and partner, the resulting value of trade with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle selection panel ("World"). It will also show methodological notes of the reporter, if applicable. 3. When hovering over a country that is neither a selected reporter nor partner, a tooltip containing information on the reporter's WTO membership status, the selected type of trade, year, commodity/sector and partner, the resulting value of trade with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle selection panel will appear. B. DATA TABLE A data table below the map lists the resulting values of trade between the selected reporter and partner(s). 1. Values of trade are sorted in descending order. 2. A "Search" function is available for users who are only interested in specific countries. 3. When the selected reporter is an economic group or geographical region. 4. When the selected reporter is an individual country, one of the 2 events below may happen: a. If partner data for the selected reporter are available, its leading partner countries will be listed in the data table with the values of trade with the reporter. These leading partners also appear as squares in the map above. 4

5 b. If partner data are not available for the selected reporter, only the reporter's trade with the world appear in the data table. 5. When hovering over a country in the data table, the corresponding shape of the country is simultaneously marked in the map above. C. BAR CHART A bar chart is meant to display the size of the resulting trade values of the leading reporters or partners selected in the top and middle selection panels. 1. When an "Economic group" or "Region" are selected as a reporter : a. The bar chart illustrates the values of trade of the leading reporting countries of the selected economic group or region, distinguished by region and coloured by country. b. Country labels of the top 5 countries of the selected reporting economic group or region will be shown in their respective rectangles in the bar chart. 2. When the selected reporter is an individual country, one of the 2 events below may happen: a. If partner data for selected reporter is available, its leading partner countries will be show as columns in the bar chart. The same leading partners will also appear as squares in the map above and their respective trade values with the selected reporter will show in the data table to the left. The tooltip for the bar chart will show the partner's value of trade with the selected reporter, as reported by the reporter. Country labels of the partners will be shown in the respective shapes the bar chart. b. Should there not be any partner data available for the selected reporter, the reporter will be reflected as a column in the bar chart, in its respective region. Its tooltip will reflect the value of trade with the partner selected in the partner dropdown list in the middle selection panel. 3. When hovering over a column in the chart: a. The corresponding country in the data table as well as the shape of the country in the map are simultaneously marked in the map above b. A tooltip will show indicating the name of the country, and its value of trade with the partner dropdown list in the middle panel selection. 4. When the selected reporter is an individual country, of the 2 events below may happen: a. If partner data for selected reporter are available, its leading partner countries will be shown in the bar chart and the tooltip when hovering over them will reflect the name of the country and its value of trade with the selected reporter. The same leading partners also appear as squares in the map above. Country labels of the top 5 partners of the specified commodity/sector will be shown in the bar chart. 5

6 b. Should there not be partner data available for the selected reporter, only the reporter will be reflected in the bar chart, in its respective region. Its tooltip will reflect the value of trade with world. IV. COMPOSITION, DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY LINKS Information about the variables selected in the top and middle selection panels as well as the resulting values of trade can be found under the following links: A. COMPOSITION OF GEOGRAPHICAL AND ECONOMIC GROUPINGS This section lists country coverage of all geographical regions and economic groupings used by the WTO Secretariat. B. DEFINITIONS AND METHODOLOGY This section talks about product coverage of commodity groups and sections of merchandise trade and sectors covered in trade in commercial services. It also talks about specific data adjustments or methodologies done for both types of trade. C. SPECIFIC NOTES FOR SELECTED ECONOMIES This section talks about specific data adjustments or methodologies done for selected economies or economic groups. D. STATISTICAL SOURCES This section lists all sources from which WTO statistical data were taken or based from. E. ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS This section serves as a legend for all acronyms and symbols used in the application. V. TRENDS ICON The trends icon, the 1 st image icon in the bottom right part of the dashboard, directs the user to the Trends Dashboard of this application. VI. COMMODITY AND REPORTER PROFILE ICONS A. COMMODITY PROFILES When a commodity/sector in merchandise trade is selected in the top panel, a commodity profile appears in the 2 nd image icon in the bottom right part of the dashboard. These commodity profiles are profiles for World total merchandise trade, World agriculture products, World fuels and mining products, and World manufactures. This icon is inactive when the type of trade is Trade in Commercial Services B. REPORTER PROFILES When a reporter is selected in the middle selection panel, a corresponding profile appears in the 3 nd image icon in the bottom right part of the dashboard. These profiles are either profiles for the World, the 7 geographical regions (North America, South and Central 6

7 America, Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Africa, Middle East and Asia), and individual countries. 1. World and the 7 regions only have merchandise trade profiles 2. Economic groupings do not have reporter profiles, hence this icon will have the World as its reporter profile. 3. Individual country reporters have country trade profiles when merchandise trade is the type of trade chosen, or services profiles when type of trade chosen in commercial services trade. VII. EXPORTING DATA AND CHARTS A. EXPORTING DATA FROM THE MAP Users have the possibility to export the data of the map into an Excel file. This will give all data available for all reporters and their respective partners, trade flows, and years for one selected commodity/sector. B. EXPORTING THE BAR CHART Users have the possibility to export the bar chart into an image file. VIII. INTERNET BROWSERS A. RECOMMENDED BROWSERS The application is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or later as well as all other browsers including ios 5, ios 6 and Android based mobile devices. B. BROWSERS WITH LIMITED FUNCTIONALITY Limited functionality is available if viewed with Internet Explorer 8, while older versions of Internet Explorer are not supported. IX. CONTACT Any feedback on this database, including any problem encountered with the content or the user interface, should be reported to: International Trade Statistics Section Economic Research and Statistics Division World Trade Organization 154, rue de Lausanne CH-1211 Geneva 21 statistics@wto.org 7