| 1 | Name of the current national classification (Original) | Classification of commodity types (CCT). |
| 2 | Link to international classifications
(Give the name of the international standard classification the current classification is linked to or derived | CCT-CPA-CPC. |
| 3 | If no links to international classifications exist or no international standard is used, please state if there any plans to use international norms, such as work in progress, translation etc. | No. |
| 4 | Please describe deviations from the international standard (if any)
(Use one or two examples, if general statement not possible) | No |
| 5 | Levels in the structure:
Is the structure identical to international standard or, if not, how does it differ?
Have additional levels been added or have changes been made, e.g. aggregations or additional breakdowns? | CCT has 8 digits. |
| 6 | Number of items at the most detailed level of the current classification | CCT consist of 3851 items. |
| 7 | Do conversion tables exist between the national and the international classifications (if applicable)? | Yes, there are. |
| 8 | Name of institution / office responsible for the elaboration and maintenance of the classification | The State Statistical Committee is responsible for elaboration and maintenance of the classification. |
| 9 | Contact address, phone number, e-mail or website for public information and inquiry | E-mail: azstat@azeri.com |
| 10 | Implementation date:
Please state the date of the first official adoption and the programme for the implementation of the various statistical applications. | CCT was approved by the decision of the Board of SSC dated 28 October 1998.
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| 11 | Plans for revision or update of the current classification.
Please state if plans are made to revise the classification (e.g. due to national needs not reflected in the international classification). | Revision of CCT is stipulated to be carried out after 2002. |
| 12 | Users of the classification for statistical purposes
Please state in which statistics (surveys etc.) this classification is used and if there are users outside of the Statistical Office. | In all statistical surveys overall and sample method is used. As outside users of this classification are Ministry of Economy, Tax Ministry, State Customs Committee, National Bank and etc. |
| 13 | Statistical data collected according to the current classification
Please describe for which statistical surveys or indicators the classification is used and, if not used at the most detailed level, indicate the level or aggregates used. | CCT classification is used in all surveys of economy. |
| 14 | Statistical data published according to the current classification
Please describe for which statistical surveys or indicators the classification is used and, if not used at the most detailed level, indicate the level or aggregates used. | All publications are in correspondence with CCT classification |
| 15 | In which languages is the classification available? | In Azerbaijan language. |
| 16 | Is the classification available in electronic form? | Yes. |
| 17 | Do the conversion key(s) exist in electronic form? | Yes. |
| 18 | Have national explanatory notes and recommendations been elaborated? | Yes. |
| 19 | Problems occurred during the period of use of the current classification
Please describe the kind of problems that have occurred (interpretation, methodology, etc.) | No. |
| 20 | Users of the classification for non-statistical purposes
Please give the names of institutions that use the classification for non-statistical purposes (as opposed to statistical purposes in question 13). Also indicate the kind of use (e.g. tax offices, social security, customs, enterprise register etc.) | Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Social Defence of Labour and Population, Ministry of Tax, Custom Committee. |
| 21 | Alternative classifications used by other institutions of the economy
Please indicate if these classifications are available and useful for the Statistical Office. | In some administrative bodies used CCT instead of OKP. SSC has got this classification. |
| 22 | Are conversion tables between alternative and current classification available? | |
| 23 | Name of former (previous) national classification
(full name in both national tongue and in English with acronyms in brackets, should be given) | They were no national classification before, as the old soviet classification has been used. Previously all Union classification of kinds of products ( OKP) was used instead of CCT. |
| 24 | Link of former classification to international classifcations | Soviet classification had no links with international classification |
| 25 | Levels in the structure (of former classification) | Code structure of OKP classification had 10 digits. |
| 26 | Number of items at the most detailed level | Classification had been totally changed. |
| 27 | Do conversion tables exist between former and current classification? | As it was difficult to set up conversion keys of soviet classification to soviet classification the level of this keys was very low. Non- equivalent conversion key is available. |
| 28 | Date of implementation of former classification | OKP classification entered into force 01.01.76. |
| 29 | Which statistical data are currently collected or published according to the former classification?
Please indicate if this statistical data is collected or published by the Statistical Office or elsewhere. | All statistical data were collected and published by old classification. Information received by old classification and publications are available in the SSC. |