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We monitor trends and provide evidence-based analysis to make international trade an engine for sustainable development.

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Non-tariff measures (NTMs)

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Data, Statistics and Trends in International Trade

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Voluntary Sustainability Standards

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Trade and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Capacity building for trade policy analysis

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Creative Economy Programme

News

Students on their way to school in Bangladesh.

COVID-19 recovery a chance to remake society for a better future

UNCTAD reflects on the past two years of the pandemic to derive valuable lessons for the future.

Creative Industry 4.0

Creative industry 4.0 offers vast opportunities for developing countries

A new UNCTAD report provides policy options for developing countries to harness new technological trends for their creative economies.

WFP Delivers Food to North Darfur IDP Camps

L'impact de la guerre en Ukraine sur le commerce et le développement

L'évaluation rapide par la CNUCED de l'impact de la guerre sur le commerce et le développement montre une détérioration rapide des perspectives pour l'économie mondiale, la situation étant particulièrement alarmante pour les pays africains et les pays les moins avancés.

food riots

Rising prices increase alarm for food security and political stability

The war in Ukraine has had immediate effects on world food markets. Both Ukraine and Russia are global players on agricultural commodities that are essential for food security, such as wheat, barely, corn or sunflower oil and seeds.

Global Trade Update

This quarterly report provides insight on key trends in world trade. It provides up-to-date analysis on the evolution of imports and exports for different regions and economic sectors, and provides short-term forecasts.

World Tariff Profiles

Jointly produced by the WTO, UNCTAD and the International Trade Centre, this annual report provides comprehensive information on the tariffs and non-tariff measures imposed by over 170 countries and customs territories.

Trading in the wrong direction

World trade in fossil fuels, quantities
(Base year=2000)

When the world needs less fossil fuels, we are trading them more than ever.

Projects

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Non-tariff measures cost-effectiveness toolkit

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PACER Plus transparency and trade portals

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AfCFTA non-tariff barriers elimination and transparency

Recent publications

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Guidebook on Trade Impact Assessment

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Neutral policies, uneven impacts: Non-tariff measures through a gender lens

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Reflecting on sustainability standards: Trade and the sustainability crisis

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Key statistics and trends in international trade 2021

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Key statistics and trends in trade policy 2021

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Global Trade Update (February 2022)

Events and meetings

2nd Illicit Trade Forum

Geneva, Switzerland

Multi-year Expert Meeting on Trade, Services and Development, ninth session

4 - 6 Juil 2022

Geneva, Switzerland

Webinar on understanding smallholder farmer access to voluntary sustainable standards VSS-compliant markets

Sustainability standards and smallholder farmers: Opportunities to address poverty through trade

Documents and publications

Guidebook on Trade Impact Assessment

UNCTAD/DITC/TNCD/2021/4 - 07 juin 2022

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Global impact of war in Ukraine on food, energy and finance systems

Global Crisis Response Group, Brief No, 1

Auteur: United Nations.

13 avr 2022

English

Reflecting on sustainability standards: Trade and the sustainability crisis

UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2022/4 - 23 Mar 2022

English

Neutral policies, uneven impacts: Non-tariff measures through a gender lens

UNCTAD/DITC/TAB/2022/1 - 23 Mar 2022

English