Census Trade

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US Census Bureau International Trade data — import/export values, trade balances, and monthly trends by commodity and country.

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Tools

census_imports

Search US import data by HS commodity code and/or country. Returns import values, quantities, and commodity details. Pass `country` as a plain English name (e.g. "China"). Omit hs_code for total impor

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census_exports

Search US export data by HS commodity code and/or country. Returns export values, quantities, and commodity details. Pass `country` as a plain English name (e.g. "Mexico"). Omit hs_code for total expo

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census_trade_balance

Check US trade balance with a specific country for a given year. Returns net trade value and breakdown by end-use commodity category.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census-trade/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/census-trade/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"census_imports","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("census_imports", {});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("us census bureau international trade data — import/export values, trade balances, and monthly trends by commodity and country");

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