Trade Policy Information System (TPIS)
The
Trade Policy Information System is designed and operated
by the Office of Trade and Industry Information for the U.S. Department
of Commerce International Trade Administration.
TPIS is presently available only within the Federal Government. Contractors or institutions outside the federal government can only use the system through a federal agency account, under a grant or contract from that agency. To find out more:
TPIS includes detailed current and historical trade data from various sources, including:
TPIS is distinguished by its ability to do retrieval and manipulation operations on a variety of consistent, current, detailed and extensive data series to:
- enable comprehensive trade policy analysis for decision makers;
- assure that data used are timely;
- make data consistently available with consistent values throughout the United States Government trade community; and
- provide a processing faculty equally important as the data, equipped with special tools for analysis and customized reports.
TPIS is used by many federal government agencies for:
- trade policy development (e.g. identifying unusual trade patterns indicating trade barriers);
- trade policy implementation (e.g. developing tariff line item retaliation lists, monitoring textile/apparel and other import quota/restraints);
- trade district analysis;
- publication of reports which contain data on U.S. exports and imports by product group and trading partner; and
- export promotion planning (e.g. analysis of U.S. export capabilities and global competition).
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