Instant filtering saves you a massive amount of time
With instant filtering, users can create hundreds of charts in minutes, compare any countries they want, test ideas instantly and produce professional charts with almost no effort. It saves a massive amount of time, reduces human error and turns raw trade data into useful insights, faster than any manual method.
Check out some of the features described on this page.
Benefit 1 - You only need to access 1 online file
You do not need to download your own Excel files or search for data elsewhere on the internet. Everything is in one file, prepared and fully functional for your purpose.
For our examples on this page, we will use the following statistics:
HS0201 Import to Japan of chilled beef. You can access the content from the front page.
Benefit 2 - Filter by country in seconds
Want to see only Australia, the United States and Canada? Simply deselect the countries you don't need. No formulas, no pivot tables, no manual sorting, the chart updates instantly to show exactly the comparison you want.
Benefit 3 - Filter by year and month
Zoom into a single month, a full year, or a custom multi-year range with the same file. Comparing January 2024 to January 2025 takes the same effort as comparing all data since 2010, there's no extra work involved in narrowing the timeframe.
Benefit 4 - Drill from HS4 down to HS9
Start broad with and drill down to the exact HS9 sub-classification you need, without opening a different file or searching a separate database. The detail is already there, one click away.
Benefit 5 - Switch between value (JPY) and volume (Ton/Kg)
See the same chart in yen value or physical volume with a single click. This makes it easy to check whether a change in import value is driven by price, by quantity, or by both, a distinction that's easy to miss when only one view is available.
Benefit 6 - Filter by continent
Instead of comparing a dozen individual countries, group them by continent, Europe, Oceania, North America and more, to see the broader regional picture in one chart, without doing the grouping yourself.
Benefit 7 - Change chart type without changing your filters
Once your filters are set, switch freely between column, line, bar, stacked, map, top 10 or table view, the underlying selection stays as you set it. No need to rebuild your filtering each time you want a different visual.
Benefit 8 - Test an idea in seconds, not hours
Curious whether Dutch imports overtook Australian imports at some point? Have a hypothesis about a seasonal pattern? With instant filtering, you can test it immediately and get your answer before you've even finished forming the question fully, instead of spending an afternoon building a chart just to check.
Benefit 9 - Fewer manual steps means fewer mistakes
Manually copying, sorting and filtering large datasets in Excel is where most errors creep in, a missed row, a wrong filter, an outdated file. Because everything sits in one prepared, always-current file, there's far less room for that kind of human error to affect your analysis.
Benefit 10 - Drill without losing your place
Click directly into the country, region or HS9 you want more detail on, the rest of your filters, chart type and time range stay exactly as they were. You're expanding your analysis, not restarting it.
Benefit 11 - Find out what's really driving a spike
See an unusual jump in a chart? Drill straight into that point to see which country, continent or HS9 sub-category is responsible, turning "something changed" into "here's exactly what changed."
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