World export data (WED), 1948-1983
By: principal investigators, Jan Faber and Tom Nierop
Series: ICPSR -- 9116; ICPSR (Series) -- 9116
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: und
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Exports; Statistics; International trade
Description: This database supplies comprehensive annual tabulations of exports among nearly all nations of the world. Encompassing data on 164 nations, the WED database augments empirical research into bilateral and multilateral flows of exports and trade patterns over time. The data are unique in that they are not restricted to member states of a particular organization such as the International Monetary Fund or the United Nations, and they also contain information on all nations with centrally planned economies. The first two variables in the file represent the nations from which and to which the exports are sent, and the remaining variables represent 36 annual figures on the value of the exports in millions of United States dollars at current prices beginning in 1948 and ending in 1983.
Notes: ICPSR data class: Class IV.

Chronological coverage: 1948-1983. Data collected: January 11, 1986-September 30, 1987.

(1) International Monetary Fund. Direction of trade statistics, (2) United Nations. Yearbook of international trade statistics, (3) P. Marer. Soviet and East-European foreign trade, 1946-1969, (4) B.R. Mitchell. European historical statistics, 1750-1975, (5) State Statistical Bureau of the PCR. Statistical yearbook of China, 1981-1983.

Event/transaction data.

The Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO), and Foundation for Spatial Research (SRO). H43-141, 530-243-030.

Card Image format.

Codebook available.

Part number: 1 ; file structure: rectangular ; case count: approx. 15,000 ; variable count: 38 ; LRECL: 80 ; records per case: 6.

Universe: Annual export figures from all nations of the world.