The ATIM Resource Library provides access to methodology, governance, classification, analytical, and supporting resources used within the Aggregated Trade Intelligence Model (ATIM) framework.
Core Framework Resources
The following resources define the methodology, governance principles, analytical standards, classification structures, and supporting reference frameworks used within the ATIM framework.
ATIM Methodology & Governance Framework
Defines the core methodology, analytical principles, governance framework, classification approach, opportunity-identification methodology, and reporting standards used within the ATIM (Aggregated Trade Intelligence Model) framework. This resource provides the foundation for ATIM reports, analytical outputs, classification resources, supporting reference materials, and future dashboard implementations.
The Next Tab, Classification & Alignment Resources, introduces the reference resources that connect merchandise, services and industry classifications across different international classification systems, supporting the practical application of ATIM trade intelligence.
Classification and alignment resources are available on request to support trade-intelligence analysis, industry review, opportunity identification and trade-development activities.
Available Reference Resources
In addition to classification mappings, ATIM incorporates a governed use-case framework that helps interpret how merchandise, services, industries, institutions and commercial ecosystems relate to practical trade-development activities.
Defines the governed classification and use-case framework supporting ATIM analysis, industry interpretation, operational alignment and trade-development activities.
Purpose
This resource defines the governed classification and use-case framework supporting ATIM merchandise and services analysis, industry interpretation, and trade-development activities.
Operational Use-Case Framework
Operational use-case structures support interpretation of how trade, industry, services, institutional, and ecosystem relationships connect to practical trade-development activities.:
Governed Reference Structures
Detailed classification mappings, industry reference structures, use-case frameworks, and alignment datasets are maintained separately as governed reference datasets.
This approach supports:
ATIM Governance
Classification structures, mappings, and use-case frameworks are intended to support structural interpretation, operational alignment, and trade-development activities. They should not be interpreted as deterministic indicators of commercial success, competitiveness, or market-entry viability.
The Next Tab, Data Sources & Reference Resources, describes the principal reference datasets and supporting information resources used within the ATIM framework.
Data Sources & Reference Resources identify the principal international trade, economic, industrial, institutional, and supporting resources used within the ATIM framework. These resources support trade-intelligence analysis, industry and market review, economic interpretation, trade-development activities, and international commercial engagement.
Comtrade: The United Nations Comtrade database aggregates detailed global annual and monthly trade statistics by product and trading partner for use by governments, academia, research institutes and enterprises. Data compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division covers approximately 200 countries and represents more than 99% of the world's merchandise trade.
International Trade Centre’s TradeMap: Trade Map is provided by the International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization. It helps small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries become more competitive by providing access to international trade statistics and market information.
ITC Trade Map API: Structured API access to Trade Map datasets for integration into ATIM analytical processes.
International Trade in Services Statistics
International trade-in-services datasets based on the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6) framework support ATIM services-trade analysis. These datasets provide structured information on international trade in services across a range of service categories.
This information supports the generation of ATIM Services Trade Reports and related analytical outputs.
UNIDO: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is a specialized United Nations agency with a unique mandate to promote inclusive and sustainable industrial development.
World Bank: The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans, grants and technical assistance to developing countries, with the primary objectives of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity.
ExportersAlmanac: A TradeTech Solutions resource providing structured country, economic, trade, commercial and market reference information designed to support international trade research, market evaluation and export-development activities.
ATIM is designed to operate within a governed evidence environment incorporating multiple complementary evidence sources. Future implementations may incorporate additional datasets as they become available.
The Next Tab, Trade Flow Tables, introduces the principal trade-flow datasets and statistical reference tables used throughout the ATIM framework to support merchandise and services trade analysis, benchmarking, and report generation.
Trade Flow Tables provide structured international trade datasets supporting global, country, industry, and trade-flow analysis.
These resources support ATIM Trade Reports, dashboards, benchmarking, trade analysis, market evaluation, opportunity identification and report generation.
The tables are organised under Merchandise Trade Data, Services Trade Data, Global Data, Country Data, and Industry Data to support benchmarking, market evaluation, industry review, opportunity identification and report generation.
Additional trade-corridor and bilateral trade datasets may be provided separately where available.
Global Data provides international trade-flow references covering worldwide trade activity by country and industry.
These resources support benchmarking, market concentration review, growth analysis and international trade comparisons.
Country Data provides access to country-level trade, economic, market, and reference datasets used within the ATIM framework.
Resources are organised by country and support country reviews, market assessment, trade-development activities, and report generation.
Industry Data provides trade-flow references relating to specific HS2 merchandise groups.
These resources support industry review, market evaluation, growth analysis and opportunity identification.
Further Information
The ATIM Resource Library provides the reference framework supporting the consistent application of the Aggregated Trade Intelligence Model (ATIM). Together, these resources help ensure that trade intelligence, analytical outputs, dashboards and Trade Reports are developed using common methodologies, governed reference data and consistent analytical standards.
Organisations wishing to explore how these resources could support their own trade-intelligence capabilities are invited to contact us.