European Central Bank — External Trade (TRD)
External Trade (TRD) is a dataset of official time series published by the European Central Bank Data Portal, covering external trade statistics for the euro area and EU. It is distributed as the TRD dataflow via the SDMX 2.1 REST API, with a single endpoint serving XML (SDMX-ML), CSV, and JSON formats. Users can extract specific series using a key path together with startPeriod, endPeriod, and lastNObservations filters. The same series can also be browsed and charted directly on the ECB Data Portal, making the dataset useful for economic analysis and monitoring of trade flows.External Trade (TRD) — official time series from the European Central Bank Data Portal, published as the TRD dataflow over SDMX 2.1 REST. One endpoint serves XML (SDMX-ML), CSV (?format=csvdata) and JSON (?format=jsondata); extract exactly the series you need with a key path and startPeriod / endPeriod / lastNObservations filters. Browse and chart the same series on the ECB Data Portal.
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Data schema (30 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FREQFrequency | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Monthly) |
| REF_AREAReference area | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026, Euro area 20 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2023) |
| ADJUSTMENTAdjustment indicator | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Neither seasonally nor working day adjusted, Working day and seasonally adjusted) |
| TRD_FLOWExternal trade flow | dimension | 2 codes (e.g. Import, Export) |
| TRD_PRODUCTProduct breakdown -TRD context | dimension | 20 codes (e.g. Food, drink and tobacco (SITC 0 and 1), Food and live animals (SITC 0), Beverages and tobacco (SITC 1)) |
| COUNT_AREACounterpart area | dimension | 19 codes (e.g. Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026, Extra-Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026, EU27 member states not belonging to Euro area 21 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2026) |
| STS_INSTITUTIONInstitution originating the data flow | dimension | 1 codes (e.g. Eurostat) |
| TRD_SUFFIXSeries variation -TRD context | dimension | 3 codes (e.g. Unit value index (Community concept), Value (Community concept), Volume index (Community concept)) |
| TIME_PERIODTime period or range | time | Time dimension — filter with startPeriod / endPeriod query params. |
| OBS_VALUEObservation value | number | The observed numeric value for each cell. |
| TIME_FORMATTime format code | attribute | — |
| ADJU_DETAILAdjustment detail | attribute | — |
| BREAKS | attribute | — |
| COLLECTIONCollection indicator | attribute | — |
| COMPILING_ORGCompiling organisation | attribute | — |
| DISS_ORGData dissemination organisation | attribute | — |
| DOM_SER_IDSDomestic series ids | attribute | — |
| PUBL_ECBSource publication (ECB only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_MUSource publication (Euro area only) | attribute | — |
| PUBL_PUBLICSource publication (public) | attribute | — |
| UNIT_INDEX_BASE | attribute | — |
| COMPILATION | attribute | — |
| DECIMALS | attribute | — |
| SOURCE_AGENCY | attribute | — |
| TITLE | attribute | — |
| TITLE_COMPLTitle complement | attribute | — |
| UNIT | attribute | — |
| UNIT_MULTUnit multiplier | attribute | — |
| OBS_STATUSObservation status | attribute | — |
| OBS_CONFObservation confidentiality | attribute | — |
Schema captured from sdmx 1 month ago.
Query the data
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1FREQ: M · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "M",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_FLOW": "M",
"OBS_VALUE": 142.4,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"COUNT_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_SUFFIX": "UVX",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-04",
"TRD_PRODUCT": "0T1",
"STS_INSTITUTION": "4"
}Record 2FREQ: M · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "M",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_FLOW": "M",
"OBS_VALUE": 27267771.812,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"COUNT_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_SUFFIX": "VAL",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-04",
"TRD_PRODUCT": "0T1",
"STS_INSTITUTION": "4"
}Record 3FREQ: M · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "M",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_FLOW": "M",
"OBS_VALUE": 99.8,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"COUNT_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_SUFFIX": "VOX",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-04",
"TRD_PRODUCT": "0T1",
"STS_INSTITUTION": "4"
}Record 4FREQ: M · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "M",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_FLOW": "M",
"OBS_VALUE": 141.2,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"COUNT_AREA": "J10",
"TRD_SUFFIX": "UVX",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-04",
"TRD_PRODUCT": "0T1",
"STS_INSTITUTION": "4"
}Record 5FREQ: M · REF_AREA: I10
{
"FREQ": "M",
"REF_AREA": "I10",
"TRD_FLOW": "M",
"OBS_VALUE": 17389726.09,
"ADJUSTMENT": "N",
"COUNT_AREA": "J10",
"TRD_SUFFIX": "VAL",
"TIME_PERIOD": "2026-05",
"TRD_PRODUCT": "0T1",
"STS_INSTITUTION": "4"
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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