Foreign trade, also known as "import and export trade", refers to the exchange activities of goods, services, and technology between one country (region) and another. This trade consists of two components: imports and exports. For countries (regions) that transport goods or services inward, it constitutes an import; for those that transport goods or services outward, it constitutes an export. Foreign trade transactions can be conducted through various channels, with online trading platforms becoming a critical venue for foreign trade suppliers.

  CnOpenData has compiled foreign trade supplier directory data from domestic B2B platforms, covering essential information such as company name (企业名称), address (地址), main products (主营产品), tags (标签), business model (经营模式), product quantity (商品数量), and annual transaction volume (年交易额). This dataset provides robust data support for research related to domestic and international trade.

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Time Coverage

2020/2022/2023/2024, with annual versions released each year

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Field Display

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Sample Data

Foreign Trade Supplier Directory Data - August 2020

Foreign Trade Supplier Directory Data - September 2022

Foreign Trade Supplier Directory Data - March 2023

Foreign Trade Supplier Directory Data - March 2024

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Related Literature

• Lyu Yue, Hong Junjie, Chen Yongchang, Gao Kailin, 2023: Scale Effects and Intermediate Goods Effects of Dual E-commerce Platform Exports: On the Utilization of Dual Markets Under the New Development Paradigm, Economic Research (经济研究), No. 8.

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Data Update Frequency

Annual updates