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USDA FAS Global Agricultural Trade API

Monthly U.S. agricultural trade history extends to 1967 and is updated monthly; UN trade covers nearly 200 countries or areas from the Harmonized System's 1989 inception and updates after national submissions are standardized. U.S. routes query one partner, year and month, while UN routes query one reporter and year; no numeric response cap is stated.

Open apps.fas.usda.gov
Signal Scoredraft model
85
Access
Free key · free API key
15
Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
13
Evidence
5 source links checked
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Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
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Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
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// Terms and limits

Access
free API key
Free tier
A free api.data.gov key allows access to GATS lookup, release-date and trade-data endpoints. No numeric call allowance is stated on the FAS portal.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Provider termsterms
Licence note
FAS permits use of its APIs to search, display, analyze, retrieve and view FAS data. The terms identify U.S. Census Bureau and UN Commodity Trade Statistics as GATS sources, prohibit false representation, and reserve access-limiting rights.
Attribution
Requested citation: "GATS Data: U.S Census Bureau Trade Data and U.N Commodity Trade Statistics Data."

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home
  2. 02apps.fas.usda.gov/opendatawebV2/main.6da18f8b4fa8a2baed40.js
  3. 03apps.fas.usda.gov/opendata/swagger/ui/index
  4. 04apps.fas.usda.gov/opendata/swagger/docs/v1
  5. 05apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home#/signup

// Good for

agriculture-foodhistorical-datatime-seriescommoditiesflows

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "usda-fas-gats-api"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "USDA FAS Global Agricultural Trade API",
  "slug": "usda-fas-gats-api",
  "domain": "Agriculture & Food",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "free API key",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Provider terms",
  "licenseUrl": "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home",
    "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendatawebV2/main.6da18f8b4fa8a2baed40.js",
    "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendata/swagger/ui/index",
    "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendata/swagger/docs/v1",
    "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home#/signup"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "agriculture-food",
    "historical-data",
    "time-series",
    "commodities",
    "flows"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://apps.fas.usda.gov/opendataweb/home"
}

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