Supply chains are more and more influx. International expanse of our supply chains makes us vulnerable to many risks. In this series of posts, we explore the global supply chains using international trade date. The trade data is available at UN Comtrade website. Comtrade collects the customs data of the world. Each country records its imports and exports records at the HS code levels of commodities. You can look up commodity codes, duty and VAT rates at UK Gov Trade Tariff.