The ITDU--International Trade Data Users, Inc.--promotes accuracy, understanding and utilization of trade and transportation information--as well as interaction between data producers and users. The ITDU began as the Foreign Trade Data Users Group (FTDUG), and carries on that organization's long history of path-breaking service to the international trade data community.
The ITDU is a not-for-profit organization that was incorporated in New York in 1995; its bylaws were adopted by ITDU members that same year. An elected Board of Directors provides leadership.