Physical Trade Balance Indirect Flows

The physical trade balance (PTB) refers to the trade surplus or deficit of an economy, which is defined as imports minus exports of raw materials and manufactured products.

OECD, http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=MATERIAL_RESOURCES, retrieved on 14.04.2015

Data host: 

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Unit of Measurement: 

Million Tonnes (Mt)

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Intergovernmental Organisation