The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Trade Tracker

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement among 15 Asia-Pacific countries. It is the world's largest trading bloc that accounts for about 30% of the global GDP trade. Recognizing the significance and the potential of this trade agreement holds, the Asia Global Institute (AGI) is proud to launch the RCEP Trade Tracker. The tracker provides interactive data visualizations enabling users to access data and information on RCEP's trade dynamics. There are two dashboards. The annual pattern dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of trade patterns of the RCEP countries, while the quarterly flow dashboard offers time series trend on inter-RCEP trade. The tracker aims to enhance understanding and inform decision-making for policymakers, investors, and businesses; and to foster strategic planning within the RCEP region. The data will be quarterly updated on the AGI website.

The RCEP Trade Tracker provides a comprehensive overview of RCEP trade, encompassing import and export data of RCEP countries from 2020, prior to the formal signing of RCEP, up to the latest quarter.  

The primary source of data is drawn from the International Trade Centre (ITC), with a few exceptions. Mirror data computed in a backward manner are used for certain countries, including Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, New Zealand, The Philippines, and Vietnam, due to unavailable data sources. Additionally, the most recent trade data by partner for Brunei (available until 2023 Q1), Laos (available until 2021 Q4), and The Philippines (available until 2022 Q4) are currently unavailable. Lastly, quarterly trade data by sector (HS2*) for Vietnam and Myanmar are not available.

*HS2: Harmonized System classification at the 2-digit level used for broadly categorizing traded products in international trade data.