This Handbook provides a comprehensive collection of statistical data relevant to the analysis of world trade, investment and development. Its presentation of data is unique in the following respect: data is presented in an analytical way, through the use of rank-orderings, growth rates, shares and other special calculations so as to facilitate their interpretation, time series of basic trade data cover periods that the UNCTAD secretariat considers as particularly relevant to statistical and other applicable analysis, and, efforts have been made to take account of all available information in order to provide as complete coverage as possible for individual countries. Government officials, university research specialists, and others interested in this subject, will find this Handbook to be an invaluable source of international statistical trade data. This bilingual Handbook contains information in French and English.