BACI is available for researchers already subscribing to the United Nations COMTRADE database. Please note that having access to the COMTRADE website does not imply that your institution has a license subscription. UN Comtrade Site License subscription is required for having access to BACI.

Please proceed through the following steps to subscribe to BACI. You will be granted with a full access to BACI as soon as the BACI staff has verified your access to COMTRADE.

1. Make sure to use a computer with your institution's IP address. Please copy and paste the following link in your browser that opens the UN COMTRADE Account Info page :
http://comtrade.un.org/db/u/uAccountInfo.aspx
2. Enter your email address and get your authorization code to COMTRADE.
3. Provide all required information in the following form
4. As soon as your authorization code to COMTRADE has been verified, you will receive an email confirming your access to the BACI dataset.