id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4683 International trade - Wikipedia .html text/html 3854 505 55 While international trade has existed throughout history (for example Uttarapatha, Silk Road, Amber Road, scramble for Africa, Atlantic slave trade, salt roads), its economic, social, and political importance has been on the rise in recent centuries. Another difference between domestic and international trade is that factors of production such as capital and labor are often more mobile within a country than across countries. Main article: Timeline of international trade Main article: International trade theory Most traded export products[edit] Largest countries by total international trade[edit] International trade versus local production[edit] Import (international trade) Data on the value of exports and imports and their quantities often broken down by detailed lists of products are available in statistical collections on international trade published by the statistical services of intergovernmental and supranational organisations and national statistical institutes. European Union International Trade in Goods Data Categories: International trade ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4683.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4683.txt