Economic Commission for Latin America and The Caribbean
Division of International Trade and Integration
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Economic Commission for Latin America and The Caribbean |
OUTSTANDING COMPLEMENTATION BETWEEN The "Interactive Graphic System of International Economics Trends (SIGCI+) Trade Module" of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is an easy and powerful way to generate graphs, tables and indicators of international merchandise trade statistics. The system aims to generate an output that is clear and useful for the end user. A recent update to the system by our colleagues in ECLAC has added the ability to use "live" data: queries are sent directly to the COMTRADE database and data is acquired on the fly, making use of the newest standards of data transmission (xml, SDMX). The result is the best of both worlds: an interactive and eye-catching interface to analyze data and access to the latest available data from UN COMTRADE servers. The result is the best from two worlds: data presentation for analytical purposes from UNECLAC and the latest available data from UN Comtrade. The great advantage is that the new system it does not require a copy of the basic trade data in a separate database in UNECLAC. UNECLAC and UNSD have been co-operating in the development of these analytical applications, but they can be built independently by the user organization. As a result, UN COMTRADE becomes a virtual internet database permitting organizations to make their own applications for data analysis without worrying about duplicating and synchronizing parallel data sources. Any newly added or revised data will immediately be available and visible to client applications. |
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