Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and number of partner countries. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of exports and the number of exporting enterprises.

Trade in goods data, including breakdown of imports and exports by Standard Industrial Classification, region (EU and non-EU), business size and by domestic and foreign ownership.

Breakdown of UK trade in services by business characteristics on a balance of payments basis using a new experimental dataset.

Trade in goods by importer characteristics data available by country of origin. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of imports and the number of importing establishments in all provinces and territories in Canada.

Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by enterprise employment size and export size. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of exports and the number of exporting enterprises.

The main objective of the trade in goods statistics by enterprise characteristics (TEC) is to bridge two major statistical domains which have traditionally been compiled and used separately, business statistics and international trade in goods statistics (ITGS). Specifically, this new domain was created to answer questions such as:

• What kind of businesses are behind the trade flows of goods?
• What is the contribution of a particular activity sector to trade?
• What is the share of small and medium-sized enterprises to total trade?
• What is the share of enterprises that trade with a certain partner country and the amount of trade value they account for?

For this purpose, the trade in goods between countries is broken down by economic activity, size-class of enterprises, trade concentration, geographical diversification and products traded. The new information is used to carry out more sophisticated kinds of analysis, e.g. to evaluate the role of European companies in the context of globalisation or to assess the impact of international trade in goods on employment, production and value added, essential in a globalised world where economies are increasingly interconnected.

Available datasets

TEC data are grouped into ten datasets, each one focusing on a specific aspect:

1. Trade by activity sector and enterprise size class — Trade by activity sector and employment size class shows the contributions of economic activities and size classes (measured in terms of number of employees until 2021 and in term of number of employees and self-employed from 2022 reference year) to total trade. This allows the impact of international trade on employment to be analysed and the importance of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to be estimated.

2. Concentration of trade by activity — International trade being typically dominated by a few businesses, this indicator shows the share of the total trade accounted for by the top 5, 10, 20, etc. companies.

3. Trade by partner country and activity — Trade by partner country shows how many companies were trading with certain partner countries or country zones, and the value they accounted for. This indicator enables the most typical export or import markets to be identified.

4. Trade by number of partner countries and activity — Trade by number of partner countries shows how geographically diversified the export markets are. For imports, it shows the number of countries from which goods are imported.

5. Trade by commodity and activity — Trade by commodity and activity sector allocates the trade of each commodity to the activity of the trading enterprise. This indicator shows which sectors were involved in the trading of each product group.

6. Trade by type of trader — This indicator provides information on how traders are involved in international trade. It shows the number of companies trading within only one flow or in both flows and the trade value these companies account for.

7. Trade by type of ownership — The type of ownership is referring to the concept of control and to affiliation of an enterprise. It indicates whether an enterprise is domestically or foreign controlled and, if domestically controlled, whether it has affiliates abroad or not. This indicator can be used to analyse the impact of globalisation on international trade and to estimate the importance of multinational companies for trade.

8. Trade by export intensity — Export intensity categorises enterprises according to the importance of foreign markets in their sales. It refers to the share of exports in total turnover.

9. Trade by activity sector — In comparison with trade by activity and enterprise size class (first dataset), this indicator provides more details on the activity sector (2- or 3-digit level) but does not contain information about the enterprise size.

10. Trade by partner country and size class — This indicator aims to give insights into the internationalisation of small- and medium sized enterprises. It complements indicator 3 on trade by partner country and activity by applying the same detailed breakdown of partner countries but categorising enterprises by size class instead of activity sector.

This table contains figures on the number of companies (absolute and relative) that import and export goods or services. These are companies that are active in the Business Economy. In addition, figures are available about the trade value, expressed in millions of euros. The data can be broken down into a few size groups, the independence of the company and the main countries (in terms of trade value) with which trade has been conducted. For trade in services, no breakdown by country is available for countries outside the EU. This table has been developed for the 'State of SMEs' programme. Data available from: 2015. Status of the figures: The figures in the table up to and including 2019 are final, those for 2020 and later are provisional. Changes as of October 7, 2022: The data for 2019 and 2020 have been adjusted on the basis of subsequent information. The data for 2021 has been added. When will new numbers come out? New figures are expected in mid-2023.

Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by number of partner countries. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of exports and the number of exporting establishments in all Census metropolitan areas in Canada.

Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry codes at the establishment level. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of exports and the number of exporting establishments in all provinces and territories in Canada.

The main objective of the trade in goods statistics by enterprise characteristics (TEC) is to bridge two major statistical domains which have traditionally been compiled and used separately, business statistics and international trade in goods statistics (ITGS). Specifically, this new domain was created to answer questions such as:

• What kind of businesses are behind the trade flows of goods?
• What is the contribution of a particular activity sector to trade?
• What is the share of small and medium-sized enterprises to total trade?
• What is the share of enterprises that trade with a certain partner country and the amount of trade value they account for?

For this purpose, the trade in goods between countries is broken down by economic activity, size-class of enterprises, trade concentration, geographical diversification and products traded. The new information is used to carry out more sophisticated kinds of analysis, e.g. to evaluate the role of European companies in the context of globalisation or to assess the impact of international trade in goods on employment, production and value added, essential in a globalised world where economies are increasingly interconnected.

Available datasets

TEC data are grouped into ten datasets, each one focusing on a specific aspect:

1. Trade by activity sector and enterprise size class — Trade by activity sector and employment size class shows the contributions of economic activities and size classes (measured in terms of number of employees until 2021 and in term of number of employees and self-employed from 2022 reference year) to total trade. This allows the impact of international trade on employment to be analysed and the importance of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) to be estimated.

2. Concentration of trade by activity — International trade being typically dominated by a few businesses, this indicator shows the share of the total trade accounted for by the top 5, 10, 20, etc. companies.

3. Trade by partner country and activity — Trade by partner country shows how many companies were trading with certain partner countries or country zones, and the value they accounted for. This indicator enables the most typical export or import markets to be identified.

4. Trade by number of partner countries and activity — Trade by number of partner countries shows how geographically diversified the export markets are. For imports, it shows the number of countries from which goods are imported.

5. Trade by commodity and activity — Trade by commodity and activity sector allocates the trade of each commodity to the activity of the trading enterprise. This indicator shows which sectors were involved in the trading of each product group.

6. Trade by type of trader — This indicator provides information on how traders are involved in international trade. It shows the number of companies trading within only one flow or in both flows and the trade value these companies account for.

7. Trade by type of ownership — The type of ownership is referring to the concept of control and to affiliation of an enterprise. It indicates whether an enterprise is domestically or foreign controlled and, if domestically controlled, whether it has affiliates abroad or not. This indicator can be used to analyse the impact of globalisation on international trade and to estimate the importance of multinational companies for trade.

8. Trade by export intensity — Export intensity categorises enterprises according to the importance of foreign markets in their sales. It refers to the share of exports in total turnover.

9. Trade by activity sector — In comparison with trade by activity and enterprise size class (first dataset), this indicator provides more details on the activity sector (2- or 3-digit level) but does not contain information about the enterprise size.

10. Trade by partner country and size class — This indicator aims to give insights into the internationalisation of small- and medium sized enterprises. It complements indicator 3 on trade by partner country and activity by applying the same detailed breakdown of partner countries but categorising enterprises by size class instead of activity sector.

This dataset provides figures on the development of export value and the contributions made by the various sections and divisions according to the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), destination countries according to the Geonomenclature (GEONOM) and broken down by export flow (re-exports and domestic exports).

Data available as of: 2012.

Status of the figures: The figures from 2012 to 2020 are final. The figures from 2021 are provisional. The provisional figures on international trade can be adjusted based on new or changed source material. As a result, they are provisional for a longer period of time. The provisional figures usually become final in the fourth quarter after the reporting year. All previous years are already final. After a method break, the annual changes compared to the previous year are missing.

As of 3 February 2021 the "Export growth" of SITC 34 "Gas, natural and manufactured" over the year 2016 and the "Export growth" and "Contribution to total export growth" of SITC 60 and SITC 80 "Components of complete industrial plants (sections 6 and 8)" over the year 2018 have been modified in order to be consistent with the related StatLine table International trade; import and export value, SITC (3 digits), countries.

Changes as of 7 July 2025: The provisional figures for 2023 have been added.

When will new figures become available? New figures will be published in Q4 of the year following the reporting year.

Trade in goods by importer characteristics data available by country of origin and related parties at the enterprise level. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of imports and the number of importing enterprises.

Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by enterprise employment size and concentration of exports. Only data on the value of exports are available from this table.

Trade in goods by exporter characteristics data available by enterprise employment size and number of partner countries. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of exports and the number of exporting enterprises.

Trade in goods by importer characteristics data available by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and number of partner countries. Users have the option of selecting information related to the value of imports and the number of importing enterprises. Data are on the country of the origin basis.

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Trade by importer characteristics by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry codes at the establishment level. Users have the option of selecting value of imports and number of importing establishments in all Census metropolitan areas in Canada.

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