China Trade & Market Data

Look up investment statistics by year or country and region.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Look up investment statistics by year or country and region.

    How to connect

    How to connect China Trade & Market Data to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://mcp.agentdatacore.com/mcp/products/trade

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect China Trade & Market Data to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://mcp.agentdatacore.com/mcp/products/trade

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect China Trade & Market Data to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://mcp.agentdatacore.com/mcp/products/trade

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (5)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    get_foreign_investment_statsFind foreign-investment observations for a statistical year, optionally filtered by country or measure. Inputs: year, country, metric. Returns paginated structured records with source_class, provenance, snapshot, pagination and limits. Recorded facts only; this query performs no new inference or aggregation. Coverage is limited to the available snapshot. No match returns an empty data array. Required: year. Missing required or invalid input produces an argument error.
    get_mofcom_trade_statsQuery collected country-workbook trade observations (flows relative to the named reporting country) or China–Portuguese-speaking-country bilateral year-to-date observations. Inputs: period and optional country, flow and metric. This collection is not China national all-partner monthly totals. Returns original structured observations, units, scope, source_class, provenance, snapshot, pagination and limits. No conversion, aggregation or cross-period calculation. No match returns an empty data array. Required: period. Missing required or invalid input produces an argument error.
    get_customs_country_tradeQuery China merchandise trade by partner country/region, including all-partner totals using country TOTAL. Inputs: period, country and optional flow. IMPORT and EXPORT are China imports and exports; BOTH is recorded combined trade. Returns recorded trade values and units (currently 1000USD), scope, source_class, provenance, snapshot, pagination and limits. No commodity filter or currency conversion. No match returns an empty data array. Required: period, country. Missing required or invalid input produces an argument error.
    get_customs_commodity_tradeQuery China import or export observations by recorded major-commodity label. Inputs: period, commodity, flow and optional metric. Selected exact Chinese aliases and normalized existing names are supported; this is not general translation or HS-code classification. Returns trade_value or quantity observations with original commodity labels, units, scope, source_class, provenance, snapshot, pagination and limits. No category merging or conversion. No match returns an empty data array. Required: period, commodity, flow. Missing required or invalid input produces an argument error.
    get_information_standardRetrieve definitions of information formation classes, provenance fields and snapshot/version metadata. Takes no arguments. Returns the information-standard document, not business records or an assessment of facts.