Classification Detail
United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations (UN/LOCODE 2015-2) 2015-2
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
UNECE Recommendation No. 16 (ECE/TRADE/227)
ISBN:
N/A
Website:
Custodian:
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Available Formats:
PDF, Text, Excel, Access, HTML
Year Adopted:
1980
Year Published:
1981
Available Languages (besides English):
N/A
Availability:
Fully available only in English.
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
2.4.4 Transport, 2.6 International trade and balance of payments
Purpose:
To uniquely identify locations in international trade
Main Applications:
Used by trade and regulation documents and electronic information exchange, such as EDIFACT, in international trade and transport
Main Users:
Pivate sector, Governmental bodies, Customs, international organizations, etc.
Methodology
Scope:
All locations which are frequently used for goods movements associated with international trade.
Concept Being Classified:
geographic areas
Statistical Units:
transaction
Main Principles:
Geographical correctness and inclusion criteria
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
UN/LOCODE - IATA airports codes
IATA: only for airports; UN/LOCODE: airports, ports, railway stations, ICD, etc.
IATA: three-character; UN/LOCODE: Five-character, first two for country and the last three for locations
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
Country
AA
2 items
Level 2
Location
2..a
3 items
Criteria for Definition of Levels:
Two-character country code is based on ISO 3166-1 and three-character location codes include 26 alphabets and numbers from 2 to 9.
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
UN Centre for Trade Facilitation and E-business
Coordinating Entity:
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Next Review:
2017
Documenting Website:
Reason for Latest Revision:
Development of international trade and technology
Major Changes:
UN/LOCODE directory is published biannually instead of annually since 2000.
UN/LOCODE was renamed after Code for Trade and Transport Locations instead of Code for Ports and Other Locations in 2001.
UN/LOCODE directories are published on UNECE website in formats of .txt, .mdb, .csv and HTML instead of distributing disks since 2002.
Launch of UN/LOCODE Data Maintenance Request System to enable registered users to submit online requests for new codes and modification since 2004.
Corrections:
The directories are published twice per year and the secretariat note is issued together with each UN/LOCODE release.
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
Yes
Index Website:
Available Formats:
Text, Excel, Access, HTML
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Training Website:
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Unit:
Trade Facilitation Section, Economic Cooperation and Trade Division
Contact Name:
Yan Zhang
Email:
Website:
Telephone:
+41 22 9173010
Address:
Palais des Nation
CH-1211 Genève 10
Switzerland
Comments
UN/CEFACT is responsible for the revision of UNECE Recommendation No. 16 and oversight of UN/LOCODE publications. UN/ECE Secretariat is charge of maintenance and development of UN/LOCOD.