China's World Trade Data from 1948 to 2020

China's trade data from 1948 to 2020, compiled by researchers Christopher Absell, Giovanni Federico, and Antonio Tena Junguito. The dataset is part of the Absell-Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database. It was last updated on the dataverse platform in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Modeling China's long-term trade growth based on the 1948-2020 time series.
• Analyzing China's integration into the global economy based on historical trade flows.
• Conducting comparative studies of national trade policies using a country-specific historical dataset.

Strengths

• Covers a 72-year time range from 1948 to 2020.
• Created by a named academic research team from multiple universities.
• Part of a larger, structured historical trade database project.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Absell, Christopher; Federico, Giovanni; Tena Junguito, Antonio

Collection Method

Project developed by researchers; specific compilation method is not detailed in the provided metadata.

Time Range

1948-2020

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-14 21:50:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

China