EU Trade Explorer

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Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "eu-trade-explorer": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.tradedashboard.eu/mcp"
    }
  }
}

37 tools

• guidelines_for_a_short_report

  Read this first for a quick report. Returns the short-report workflow: resolve a product code, then call `get_full_report` for the five most important report sections in one shot -- enough for a quick, simple report. Also covers access, the shared `query` object and the…

• guidelines_for_a_long_report

  Read this first for an in-depth report. Returns the long-report workflow: which of the 35+ tools to combine per angle (partners, concentration, volatility & shocks, autonomy), the dashboard menu/tab structure for pointing readers at views, and the methodological notes needed to…

• get_countries

  Reference data for reporters/partners: selectable EU/Euro-area/member states, named partner presets, predefined reporter/partner groups, and per-language country-name translations. Use this to find valid values for the `reporter`, `partner_set`, `partners` and `reporter_members`…

• get_chapters

  List all top-level Combined Nomenclature chapters (2-digit codes). Bootstraps browsing the nomenclature top-down; drill into a chapter with `get_subtree`.

• get_subtree

  Return the Combined Nomenclature sub-tree rooted at `code` (its children, and their children, ...), each with a `code` and a `text` description. Use this to see whether a heading you're about to use (e.g. as `query.product` elsewhere) is actually a clean match, or bundles…

• validate_code

  Validate and describe one or more Combined Nomenclature codes. For a single code, returns the full hierarchy of description levels (`levels`), the resolved `product_name`, and `has_subcodes`. For a comma-separated list, returns `{"results": [...]}` with one entry per code (each…

• search_codes

  Keyword/code search over the Combined Nomenclature (or PRODCOM). Returns ranked `{code, label, path}` candidates. Prefer `resolve_product_code` for a one-call keyword-or-code helper; use this directly if you specifically want the raw ranked candidate list.

• get_data_range

  Return the period coverage (`data_min`/`data_max`, 'YYYY-MM') actually cached for the given product code(s) -- use before picking `period_start`/`period_end` so you don't request an empty window.

• get_overview

  Headline figures: total import/export quantities, values and weighted-average prices per period, the trade balance, and a top-partner breakdown. The best first call for any new product/reporter slice.

• get_partner_detail

  Per-partner import/export breakdown. For each flow, the top-N trading partners ranked both by quantity and by value (so you can compare volume-based vs. value-based rankings), each with its own quantity, value and price time series, plus an optional 'Other' bucket.

• get_reporter_detail

  Per-EU-member-state import/export breakdown -- the reporter-side counterpart of `get_partner_detail`. Top-N member states (by quantity and by value) with their quantity, value and price series. Aggregate reporters (EU, Euro area, groups) are excluded from the ranking.

• get_reporter_benchmark

  Every EU reporter ranked by value for one year -- the country-view counterpart of `get_reporter_detail`. Returns a single-year snapshot (every real EU member state's quantity, value and price per flow, ranked by value) plus a benchmark price time series: the weighted average…

• get_map_data

  Choropleth-ready aggregates: per-period totals (quantity, value, price) for imports and exports, keyed by GISCO country code on both the reporter and partner sides.

• get_top_entities

  Just the ordered list of top entities for a slice -- no time series. A lightweight helper for populating entity pickers or quickly checking who the top partners/reporters are without pulling full series.

• get_production_series

  EU27 and per-country PRODCOM production series: EU quantity, EU production unit value, and the same two per reporting country (all DS-059358 reporters, not just EU-27, since production data carries no trade columns). Country-level figures are heavily confidentiality -suppressed…

• get_product_compare

  Sub-product comparison: for a single parent CN code, expands into its children (or, for a multi-code request, compares the entered codes directly) and returns per-subcode quantity/value/price series for both flows -- so each sub-product plots as its own line instead of being…

• get_concentration

  Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) of trade concentration across partners or member states, per period (0 = perfectly spread, 10000 = one entity holds the whole market), plus the top-8-by-value share breakdown (rest bundled as 'Others'). Higher HHI = more dependent on a handful of…

• get_concentration_compare

  Partner-concentration (HHI) compared across sub-products: one HHI line per sub-product rather than per flow, to see which sub-products drive a parent code's overall concentration.

• get_concentration_map

  Cross-sectional HHI per country for one year -- the choropleth counterpart of get_concentration. 'partner' entity_level = for every EU member state, HHI of its trade across partners; 'reporter' = for every partner, HHI of its trade across EU member states (subject to the…

• get_specialisation

  Intra-EU revealed symmetric comparative advantage (RSCA) per member state -- a Balassa index benchmarked against the EU instead of the world. Runs -1 (under-specialised) to +1 (strongly specialised), value -based and intra-EU only. Treat with caution: intra-EU flows are…

• get_production_concentration

  How concentrated production of a product is across all DS-059358 reporting countries (PRODCOM; EU member states plus EFTA/candidate/other reporters -- not only the EU-27). HHI of PRODVAL across countries over time, plus each country's production share. Suppressed/absent country…

• get_volatility

  Coefficient-of-variation (CV = stdev / mean) volatility per partner/reporter x product pair, over inactive-period-excluded history. Higher CV = the flow swings more relative to its typical level. Returns per-entity CV bars (with drill-down series) and, unless…

• get_pattern_shift

  Before/after trade-pattern shift around a split point (`query.midpoint`): for each entity, compares average quantity and price before vs. after, and returns scatter points (quantity-change % vs. price-change %) with quadrant labels -- top-right = demand-driven growth, top-left =…

• get_supply_shocks

  Detect abnormal collapses in trade volumes ("sudden volume changes"). Flags periods where a partner/product pair's volume drops well below its historical average (>2 sigma by default). Returns ranked shock events per flow, each with timeline phases (baseline, decline…

• get_price_shocks

  Detect sudden price regime shifts ("rapid price changes"), accounting for each flow's usual volatility so naturally volatile flows aren't over-flagged. Returns ranked shock events per flow with timeline phases (price spike/drop, volatile trade, return to baseline, ...)…

• get_net_import_reliance

  Net Import Reliance (NIR) = (Imports - Exports) / Apparent consumption, annual, joining PRODCOM production with Comext trade. E.g. 40% means 40% of EU consumption is met by imports; negative means the EU is a net exporter. Returns the NIR % series, its supply/disposition…

• get_trade_intensity

  Trade Intensity (TI) = (Imports + Exports) / (Imports + Production), annual. Near 1 = highly trade-exposed sector; near 0 = predominantly domestic. Used in the Commission's CEEAG methodology for carbon-leakage / State-aid eligibility. Returns the TI series, its components…

• get_export_propensity

  Export Propensity = Exports / Production, annual: the share of EU production that is exported. Not clamped -- values above 100% are legitimate (re-exports, stock drawdown, scope differences). Returns the export-propensity matrix, a sibling/per-code comparison, resolved PRODCOM…

• get_subcontracting

  EU27 sub-contracting intensity: the share of sold production that is toll (sub-contracted) manufacturing rather than own-account output. Returns intensity (%) across value/quantity, its component series, per-period data-quality status, resolved PRODCOM codes and availability…

• get_subcontracting_members

  Per-country sub-contracting intensity (PRODCOM): for each reporting country, the share of its sold production that is toll manufacturing -- which countries act as processing hubs vs. autonomous producers. Spans all DS-059358 reporters that report the own/sub split; others simply…

• resolve_product_code

  Resolve a free-text query or CN code(s) into validated product code(s) with descriptions -- the recommended first step before using a code as `product` in any other tool's `query`. Saves the search -> validate -> (optional) subtree round-trip: a bare keyword runs a search, a…

• get_product_profile

  Report-section helper ("Scope & definitions"): the resolved product code + label, a one-sentence caveat when the code bundles several sub-products (`has_subcodes`), the data-coverage window actually cached for it, and whether it has a usable PRODCOM mapping (gating the…

• get_market_summary

  Report-section helper ("General overview"): condensed, report-ready digest of how a market has evolved over the chosen window -- one call instead of separately fetching and cross-referencing get_overview + get_reporter_detail + get_concentration + get_net_import_reliance…

• get_market_structure_summary

  Report-section helper ("Market structure"): combines, in priority order, the intra-EU specialisation snapshot (`get_specialisation`, already map-ready), partner-concentration detail (`get_concentration`, keeping the top-8-by-value share breakdown as `chart_data` alongside the…

• get_volatility_summary

  Report-section helper ("Volatility & shocks"): the entities analysed are picked by `get_volatility` (ranks by trade volume, reports each one's CV) and by `get_price_shocks`/`get_supply_shocks` at default parameters (both already scoped to top-value partners via…

• get_autonomy_summary

  Report-section helper ("Autonomy & vulnerability"): net import reliance (`get_net_import_reliance`) is always the headline fact/chart. Trade intensity and export propensity (`get_trade_intensity` / `get_export_propensity`) are both computed, then a deterministic salience score…

• get_full_report

  Fetch every report section (scope, overview, market structure, volatility, autonomy) for one shared `query` in a single call, instead of calling `get_product_profile` / `get_market_summary` / `get_market_structure_summary` / `get_volatility_summary` / `get_autonomy_summary`…

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