Federico-Tena World Trade Historical Database: Taiwan Trade from 1800 to 2016

A 216-year historical series tracking Taiwan's international trade from 1800 to 2016. The dataset is part of a larger project developed by Giovanni Federico and Antonio Tena Junguito to outline changes in world trade. It was last updated in May 2024 via the e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse platform.

Use Cases

• Model long-term economic growth based on historical trade data mentioned in the description
• Analyze Taiwan's integration into global markets based on the 1800-2016 time series
• Benchmark trade policy impacts using the consistent historical record
• Study colonial and post-colonial trade patterns for the region of Formosa/Taiwan

Strengths

• Covers a 216-year time span from 1800 to 2016
• Part of a structured academic project by named researchers from European universities
• Last metadata update was recorded on 2024-05-05

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Project by Giovanni Federico (Università di Pisa) and Antonio Tena Junguito (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from historical trade records and statistics

Time Range

1800 to 2016

Freshness

Last updated 2024-05-05 04:15:37; freshness should be verified

Geography

Formosa - Taiwan