Data Sources
Where the Council's data comes from — and how it is controlled
Every published figure passes through a registered source, a set of automated quality checks and a controlled publication workflow before it appears on this site.
Collection
Registered data sources
The Council draws on national customs directorates, member country submissions, trade APIs and a dedicated price panel. Each source has a named owner, a reporting cadence and a documented coverage scope.
ITC Trade Map API
Statistics Unit · Monthly
Bilateral trade, HS 0804.10 family
- Last Updated
- 15 Dec 2025
- Next Refresh
- 17 Jan 2026
- Records
- 184,320
- Type
- api
Integration-ready: connector, field mapping and scheduling are configured; awaiting production API credentials.
Member Country Submissions
Membership Secretariat · Quarterly
Production, area, yield, prices
- Last Updated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Next Refresh
- 12 Apr 2026
- Records
- 42,180
- Type
- file upload
CSV, Excel, JSON and XML uploads validated at ingestion before entering the review workflow.
National Customs Directorates
Trade Intelligence Unit · Monthly
Export and import declarations
- Last Updated
- 9 Jan 2026
- Next Refresh
- 8 Feb 2026
- Records
- 96,540
- Type
- api
Records are reconciled against mirror statistics before publication.
Council Price Panel
Market Analysis Unit · Weekly
Wholesale and export unit prices
- Last Updated
- 6 Jan 2026
- Next Refresh
- 20 Jan 2026
- Records
- 12,760
- Type
- survey
Two panel countries are behind schedule; index uses carried-forward values flagged in the metadata.
Contextual Agriculture Datasets
Research Unit · Annual
Climate, water, population and GDP context
- Last Updated
- 28 Nov 2025
- Next Refresh
- 11 Nov 2026
- Records
- 8,940
- Type
- api
Used only for contextual overlays; never mixed with official council indicators.
Validation
Automated quality checks
Every payload — from an API pull or a member upload — is screened against seven checks before a human reviewer sees it. Blocking checks must pass before a submission can proceed; warnings are surfaced for reviewer judgement.
Schema conformity
All required columns present with the expected data types.
Value range
Values fall within plausible statistical ranges for the indicator.
Unit consistency
Units match the indicator definition (tonnes, hectares, USD).
Duplicate detection
No duplicate country-year-indicator combinations in the payload.
Outlier screening
Year-on-year change beyond three standard deviations is flagged for review.
Completeness
Coverage of mandatory years and indicators for the reporting period.
Source attribution
Every record carries a named source and collection method.
Approval & publication
The controlled publication workflow
Data moves through five gated stages. Nothing reaches the public statistics platform without passing every stage in order.
- 1
Ingested
Data received from a source or member upload.
- 2
Validated
Automated quality checks executed and scored.
- 3
Reviewed
Checker has reviewed flags and confirmed accuracy.
- 4
Approved
Approved for release by the administrator.
- 5
Published
Visible on the public statistics platform.
In plain language
Collection: figures start life either as an automated feed from a registered source (customs, trade APIs, contextual datasets) or as a file uploaded by a member country's statistical focal point.
Validation: seven automated checks screen every payload for schema, range, unit, duplicate, outlier, completeness and source-attribution issues before any reviewer sees it.
Approval: a named Checker reviews flagged rows, and a Council Administrator gives final sign-off before release.
Publication: only approved, published records feed the public statistics platform, indices and downloadable datasets.