Database Usage Guide

Please link to this website/Trade Statistics/Database Query/Total Imports/Total Exports. Take import and export data of whisky during 2003-2018 for example, the step-by-step guide is as follows:

1. Find out the commodity code of whisky (6-digits code is 2208.30). If you do not know how to find, please refer to question 2.
2. You may need to check if the commodity code of whisky changes during 2003-2018. Please link to this website/Trade Statistics/Reference/Tariff Database Search. Find out the specific codes by “Method 2: Contents notes of Each Chapter” and choose “history” option.
   
   Click the 10-digits commodity code, and the page will show 2208300011 or 2208300012 was adopted until 2006/6/30.
3. Please input the codes in the column below the option “Fill in the code (2/4/6/8/11-digits)”. If the commodity code has changed during 2003-2018, input old and new codes at the same time and split them with “,”, such as “2208300000,2208300011,2208300012.” Since they have same 6-digits, you also can get aggregated data by inputting “220830.”
4. If you have any questions about our database, please email us at sta@customs.gov.tw.

You can find commodity codes of specific products by the following two ways:

1. Please link to this website/Trade Statistics/Database Query/Total Imports/Total Exports. Click the “Commodity Search” button to search by key words.
   
2. Please link to this website/Trade Statistics/Reference/Tariff Database Search.

The message “data not found” indicates there is no record of inquiring partner/commodity in the trade statistics. However it is worth noting that it might be caused by change of commodity codes. There would be no record of new commodity code before the time when it was adopted. And there would be no record of old code after new one was adopted either. To check if specific commodity code has changed, please link to this website/Trade Statistics/Reference/Tariff Database Search. Find out the specific codes by “Method 2: Contents notes of Each Chapter” and choose “history” option.

1. Please refer to this website/Trade Statistics/Interactive Data Visualization for reviewing the trade trend, including top trading partners and commodities.
2. Please refer to this website/Trade Statistics/Prepared Tables for value of total imports/exports by countries or products.
3. You may also link to this website/Trade Statistics/Database Query/Total Imports/Total Exports for setting your own inquiry and exporting tables.

The provision of all customs declaration information provided to Customs by duty-payers or exporters of goods shall be governed by the Paragraph 1 of the Article 12 of the Customs Act. However list of importers/exports of goods can be accessed at the website of International Trade Administration (https://www.trade.gov.tw/English/) /Inquiry/ Directory of Importers/Exporters.