Hanse is a tool for analysing international trade flows. Hanse offers unique search capabilities at a highly detailed level to help identify critical trade relationships.
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Hanse is a tool for analysing international trade flows. Hanse offers unique search capabilities at a highly detailed level to help identify critical trade relationships.
The rise of China in international the electronics trade is remarkable and has attracted increasing scrutiny e.g. in connection with Huawei, one of China’s most important electronics companies. hanse data show that while China dominates U.S. electronics trade, electronics represent only a relatively small part of U.S. imports.
Read MoreThe US recently asked China to eliminate all tariffs on US agricultural exports as part of a deal to end their international trade dispute. Hanse data show that China has been a fast growing destination for US agricultural products. However, US agricultural exports are relatively small and China has remained a relatively small destination.
Read MoreThe UK and Japan made little progress on a new trade deal according to The Financial Times to ensure UK-Japanese trade relations are preserved after Brexit. hanse data show that while UK-Japanese trade is lacklustre, the UK is a key destination for Japan’s most dynamic exports. The prospect of a no trade deal with Japan now risks undermining that advantage.
Read MoreThe escalation of the US-China trade war serves as a reminder that countries suffer differently under trade frictions depending on their relative trade positions. The impact of tariffs on trade and trade diversion are notoriously difficult to estimate. However, looking at trade sectors, past expansions should reveal where trade frictions are likely to have the biggest impact. China and the US maintain very narrow trade patterns in their bilateral goods trade and are therefore highly susceptible
Read MoreTurkey faces a potentially severe economic crisis amid poor domestic economic policy decisions and mounting sanctions by the U.S. While Turkey has sustained high economic growth since 2010 of 6.5 percent per year, the recent sharp depreciation of the lira from 3.80 lira to the dollar at end-2017 to 6.01 lira on 17 August risks destabilising the economy and undermine its capacity to service its external debt. An economic crisis would naturally impact Turkey’s bilateral international trade relations.
Read MoreThe product iron or steel structures and parts thereof HS730890 forms part of grouping HS7308 structures of iron or steel and parts thereof; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures of chapter HS73 iron and steel articles. Grouping HS7308 comprises 4 other products: HS730810 iron or steel; structures and parts thereof; bridges and bridge-sections; HS730820 iron or steel; structures and parts thereof, towers and lattice masts
Read MoreThe escalation of the US-China trade war serves as a reminder that countries suffer differently under trade frictions depending on their relative trade positions. The impact of tariffs on trade and trade diversion are notoriously difficult to estimate. However, looking at trade sectors, past expansions should reveal where trade frictions are likely to have the biggest impact. China and the US maintain very narrow trade patterns in their bilateral goods trade and are therefore highly susceptible
Turkey faces a potentially severe economic crisis amid poor domestic economic policy decisions and mounting sanctions by the U.S. While Turkey has sustained high economic growth since 2010 of 6.5 percent per year, the recent sharp depreciation of the lira from 3.80 lira to the dollar at end-2017 to 6.01 lira on 17 August risks destabilising the economy and undermine its capacity to service its external debt. An economic crisis would naturally impact Turkey’s bilateral international trade relations.
The escalation of the US-China trade war serves as a reminder that countries suffer differently under trade frictions depending on their relative trade positions. The impact of tariffs on trade and trade diversion are notoriously difficult to estimate. However, looking at trade sectors, past expansions should reveal where trade frictions are likely to have the biggest impact. China and the US maintain very narrow trade patterns in their bilateral goods trade and are therefore highly susceptibleThe escalation of the US-China trade war serves as a reminder that countries suffer differently under trade frictions depending on their relative trade positions. The impact of tariffs on trade and trade diversion are notoriously difficult to estimate. However, looking at trade sectors, past expansions should reveal where trade frictions are likely to have the biggest impact. China and the US maintain very narrow trade patterns in their bilateral goods trade and are therefore highly susceptibleThe escalation of the US-China trade war serves as a reminder that countries suffer differently under trade frictions depending on their relative trade positions. The impact of tariffs on trade and trade diversion are notoriously difficult to estimate. However, looking at trade sectors, past expansions should reveal where trade frictions are likely to have the biggest impact. China and the US maintain very narrow trade patterns in their bilateral goods trade and are therefore highly susceptible
Unique search capabilities and tools
Identify critical international trade patterns, relationships and competitors
Perform detailed country, sector and product analyses
200 million records of exports and imports of the U.S., European Union (12), Japan and China and more than 180 partner countries
Harmonised System (HS) at up to 6 digits (5053 products) from 2000 through today
Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 1 at up to 5 digits (1033 product) from 1963 through today
Hanse has been developed by Ousmène Jacques Mandeng with Hanse International Trade Analytics, a start-up located in London, U.K. that focuses on economic data processing and business intelligence software.
Ousmène has worked on international trade for many years and developed the programme Trade CAN for analysing international trade for the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) during the 1990s.
The data underlying Hanse is from the United National Comtrade database and updated continuously.
