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<p>This paper introduces the Bilateral Trade in Services (BiTS) research dataset. BiTS draws primarily on the non-estimated trade values from the OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) database. By harmonizing BaTIS data with information from the UNCTAD-WTO Trade in Services Database, UN Comtrade, Eurostat, and other official sources under a consistent BPM6 classification standard, BiTS enables analysis of bilateral services trade patterns for upto 245 countries and geographic entities, and up to 39 years of data (1985–2023) for some country pairs. The dataset covers bilateral trade across 12 major BPM6 services categories, 9 of which are further disaggregated into 26 distinct subcategories. We illustrate the uses of this dataset through two applications. The first shows that “gravity forces” have become less powerful in explaining services trade patterns over time, due to a shift in the composition of trade towards less distance-sensitive services. The second documents that overall services trade remains&#xa0;resilient to growing geopolitical fissures, but that modern services appear more sensitive to geopolitical alignment than traditional services.</p>

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Bilateral Trade in Services: Insights from a New Research Dataset

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    2026年6月16日

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  • Nan Li,
  • Sergii Meleshchuk,
  • Qiuyan Yin,
  • Dennis Zhao,
  • Robert Zymek

摘要

This paper introduces the Bilateral Trade in Services (BiTS) research dataset. BiTS draws primarily on the non-estimated trade values from the OECD-WTO Balanced Trade in Services (BaTIS) database. By harmonizing BaTIS data with information from the UNCTAD-WTO Trade in Services Database, UN Comtrade, Eurostat, and other official sources under a consistent BPM6 classification standard, BiTS enables analysis of bilateral services trade patterns for upto 245 countries and geographic entities, and up to 39 years of data (1985–2023) for some country pairs. The dataset covers bilateral trade across 12 major BPM6 services categories, 9 of which are further disaggregated into 26 distinct subcategories. We illustrate the uses of this dataset through two applications. The first shows that “gravity forces” have become less powerful in explaining services trade patterns over time, due to a shift in the composition of trade towards less distance-sensitive services. The second documents that overall services trade remains resilient to growing geopolitical fissures, but that modern services appear more sensitive to geopolitical alignment than traditional services.