1. Data Reference in Depth Trade, Prices, Production, Consumption IASSIST 2010 Amy West University of Minnesota

2. Bang for Your Buck Sources covered have at least o 2 decades of data and One or more of the following indicators o bilateral commodity trade o international prices o international production o international consumption Links in Del.icio.usDel.icio.us

3. UN Comtrade Bilateral commodity trade all countries 1962-present includes all HS, all SITC and BEC classifications may include volume and value of trade for price calculation imperfect functionality in Google Chrome/Mac free to browse moderate fee to download My first choice because it's the biggest pot of bilateral trade data to which the U of M has access

4. SourceOECD bilateral commodity trade OECD countries only as reporters 1960-present includes HS88, HS96, SITC Rev. 2 & 3 may include volume and value of trade for price calculation doesn't work with Google Chrome/Mac high fee to access Second choice because it requires too many clicks to get to the data, has fewer classifications and focuses on the 30 members of the OECD

5. UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics commodity prices and price indices 1960-present ONLY works in Windows / Internet Explorer free currently surveying users about Handbook design I use the Handbook because it may be the only source for a given commodity. Provided you're in the right OS/browser, it works nicely.

6. USGS Minerals Yearbook prices production either by country with reports from the mid-90s-present or by mineral with statistics from 1900-present free If I need mineral prices, this is where I prefer to go because it's free, easy to find and use, and backed up with print if the site ever goes down.

7. USDA International Data for agricultural commodities, o trade o prices o supply o demand o consumption 1960-present free no browser issues Recommended for breadth and depth of agriculture statistics plus free to use.

8. FAOSTAT production 1961-present trade 1961-present prices 1966-present free to use in its entirety as of 6/30/10 I haven't made use of FAOSTAT as much in the past because the U of M was unable to work out a subscription for downloads. Now that this will no longer be an issue, I expect I will use it quite a bit more. It's got some nice features for casual and in-depth statistics needs.

9. LexisNexis Statistical Insight prices production consumption 1801-present primarily indexes publications; some MS Excel tables included high fee to access I use LNSI to identify citations to trade association statistics that address commodities not otherwise disaggregated in official sources or that address indicators not provided in official sources.

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