These are downloadable open format versions of the complete monthly Overseas Trade Statistics (OTS) and Importers Details datasets, with a 6 year archive of past data. They are published by HM Revenue and Customs on its trade statistics website www.uktradeinfo.com. (See additional links below)
The files contain commodity and partner country-level import and export information, organised in six sets of flat files:
- Control Files - including descriptions for each 8 digit commodity code and the standard abbreviations for units
- Exports - containing data for goods exported from the UK to all countries excluding the European Union (EU)
- Imports - containing data for goods imported to the UK from all countries excluding the EU
- Trader Files - names, addresses and post codes of UK importers of goods from countries excluding the EU
- Dispatches - containing data (including estimates) for goods exported from the UK to all EU countries
- Arrivals - containing data (including estimates) for goods imported to the UK from all EU countries
