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UN Comtrade Reference Tables
Trade FLow (Regime) Codes
| 1 | Imports |
| 2 | Exports |
| 3 | Re-Exports |
| 4 | Re-Imports |
WCO/UN Comtrade Supplementary Quantity Units
In addition to net weight, all detailed UN Comtrade data also have supplementary quantity units. These units of measurement are based on the standards of quantity recommended by the World Customs Organization (WCO):
| UN Comtrade Code | WCO Abbreviation | Description |
| 1 | - | No quantity |
| 2 | m2 | Area in square meters |
| 3 | 1000 kWh | Electrical energy in thousands of kilowatt-hours |
| 4 | m | Length in meters |
| 5 | u | Number of items |
| 6 | 2u | Number of pairs |
| 7 | l | Volume in liters |
| 8 | kg | Weight in kilograms |
| 9 | 1000u | Thousand of items |
10 | U (jeu/pack) | Number of packages |
| 11 | 12u | Dozen of items |
| 12 | m3 | Volume in cubic meters |
| 13 | carat | Weight in carats |
Commodity and Country
You can download the references for commodities (HS or SITC versions) and countries in Microsoft Excel , TXT , Microsoft Access formats from the attached zip files.
For the HS code description, see
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradekb/Knowledgebase/Harmonized-Commodity-Description-and-Coding-Systems-HS
Please note that the following are the variable descriptions for the commodities files:
| CmdCode: | Commodity code | ||||||||||||||
| CmdDesc: | Commodity description | ||||||||||||||
| IsLeaf: | Basic code without children | ||||||||||||||
| Parentcode: | High level of that commodity code | ||||||||||||||
| pfDesc: | Commodity classification | ||||||||||||||
H5=2017, H4=2012, H3=HS2007, H2=HS2002, H1=HS1996, H0=1992, S4=SITC.4, S3=SITC.3, S2=SITC.2, S1=SITC.1, BE=BEC | |||||||||||||||
The following are the variable descriptions for country files:
| Cty Code: | Country code |
| Cty Name English: | Country name in English |
| Cty Fullname English: | Country full name in English |
| Cty Abbrevation: | Country name abbreviated |
| Cty Comments: | Applicable comments regarding country |
| ISO2-digit Alpha: | ISO 2 digit alpha code |
| ISO3-digit Alpha: | ISO 3 digit alpha code |
| Start Valid Year: | Year starting for country code validation |
| End Valid Year: | Year ending for country code validation |
For all country code and name, see
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradekb/Knowledgebase/Comtrade-Country-Code-and-Name or http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradekb/Knowledgebase/50347/Country-Code
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