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Malte Thie
@MalteThie
PhD candidate in International Economics at @Paris_Dauphine. External Researcher @CEPII_Paris. Berlin | Paris.
Apr 6, 2022 • 13 tweets • 7 min read
Why NOT to use trade statistics for gas trade

Many commentators intuitively turn to trade statistics to comment on the #embargo of oil and gas from 🇷🇺. With @CeciliaBellora and @PierreCotterlaz, we naturally did the same. But digging deeper we found problems. Here is why: a 🧵 Looking at the main databases #COMTRADE, #COMEXT and #BACI, we first found that 🇩🇪 did not import any natural gas from 🇷🇺 in 2019. In fact, 🇩🇪 does not report any bilateral information on gas imports, only a total in Comtrade and no information at all in Comext.