DATA & METHODOLOGY
Eight named sources.
Zero proprietary surveys.
Arikaart doesn't run panels or ask companies to self-report. Every figure behind a market signal comes from a public institution you can look up yourself — trade offices, statistical agencies, and treaty registers.
THE SOURCES
Where every number comes from.
Each source below powers a specific part of the signal. Click through to any of them — the data is public.
Trade flowUN Comtrade
The UN's official international merchandise trade statistics database. Powers every bilateral import/export figure in a market signal.
Trade flowEurostat
The EU's statistical office. Cross-validates Comtrade figures for EU member states and fills gaps in intra-EU trade data.
Business environmentWorld Bank
Ease of doing business indicators, regulatory quality, and digital economy metrics for nearly every country in the world.
Business environmentOECD
Regulatory openness and foreign direct investment restrictiveness indices for member and partner economies.
Digital economyITU
The UN's telecommunications agency. Tracks internet penetration, mobile broadband, and digital payment infrastructure readiness.
Market accessWTO
Tariff schedules, trade agreement text, and dispute records that determine legal market access for goods and services.
Commercial presenceWIPO
Global trademark and patent filing records. Surfaces existing commercial activity from Nordic and Baltic companies in a destination.
Business environmentIMF
Macroeconomic indicators, currency stability, and balance of payments data used to contextualize market risk.
HOW IT COMBINES
Eight sources. Six signal components.
Each named source above feeds one or more of the six components that make up a composite market signal — weighted toward what matters for your sector.
Trade flow
Bilateral import/export volumes and trend direction between your home market and the destination — is trade already moving, growing, or flat.
Source: UN Comtrade · Eurostat
Business environment
Regulatory openness, ease of establishing a legal entity, and rule-of-law indicators for foreign companies operating in the destination.
Source: World Bank · OECD
Payment infrastructure
Whether modern payment rails — card acquiring, local settlement, Stripe-class infrastructure — are available and mature in the destination.
Source: ITU · BIS
Market access
Trade agreements, tariff schedules, and treaty coverage that determine how easily your goods or services can legally enter the market.
Source: WTO · European Commission
Digital economy
Internet penetration, e-commerce adoption, and digital services readiness — a proxy for how a SaaS or digital product will be received.
Source: ITU · World Bank
Commercial presence
Existing trademark filings, subsidiaries, and registered activity from companies in your home markets already active in the destination.
Source: WIPO
REFRESH CADENCE
Every layer updates on its own real-world schedule.
We don't batch everything into a quarterly refresh. Each layer of the signal updates as often as its underlying source actually publishes.
SEE IT ON A REAL MARKET
The intelligence layer for going global,built on exactly this data.
Run your company's registry profile against the Japan signal and see every source, named, in one score.