***Concordance for Harmonized System Exports, 1989-1994***

Description:

In 1989 and later years, the Harmonized System (HS) of commodity
classification has been used to measure disaggregate U.S. exports
and imports.  It replaces the Schedule B system used in earlier
years for exports.

The file CON89_94.ASC  is a concordance that contains a complete list
of the HTS numbers used identify U.S. exports  over 1989-1994, along with
various information about each of these commodities.

Record Layout:

columns 1-10    -  Harmonized System (HS) number
columns 12-15   -  1987 SIC 4-digit code
columns 17-21   -  Revision 2 SITC code (5-digits)
columns 23-27   -  Revision 3 SITC code (5-digits)
columns 29-33   -  End-Use Classification
columns 35-36   -  First year that this HS number was used
columns 38-39   -  Last year that this HS number was used
columns 41-43   -  Units of quantity (see UNIT8994.ASC)
columns 45-94   -  HS description
column 96       -  End of record indicator (the number 1)

Missing and Imputed Values:

Some units of quantity are missing, which are indicated by a blank.
There are no other missing values.

The first 8 commodities, with HS numbers 0000000001,...,0000000008,
are for U.S. goods returned, and do not have any SIC or SITC codes,
as indicated by blanks.  This is also true for the ninth commodity,
HS 0000000009, which is for foreign merchandise returned to the U.S.

A number of export-based SIC codes within the concordance were revised
to conform more closely to the commodity names.  These revisions would
need to be taken into account when merging the concordance with any future
years of data.  The revisions were as follows:

if hs='3100000000' then sic_87='2874'; if hs='3101000000' then sic_87='2874';
if hs='3102290000' then sic_87='2874'; if hs='3102240000' then sic_87='2874';
if hs='3102600000' then sic_87='2874'; if hs='3102800000' then sic_87='2874';
if hs='4203300000' then sic_87='2387'; if hs='8412100010' then sic_87='3764';
if hs='8536690060' then sic_87='3678'; if hs='8546900000' then sic_87='3089';
if hs='8703240020' then sic_87='3716'; if hs='8703240030' then sic_87='3716';
if hs='8703330020' then sic_87='3716'; if hs='8703330030' then sic_87='3716';
if hs='8710000030' then sic_87='3795'; if hs='8710000060' then sic_87='3795';
if hs='8713300090' then sic_87='3795'; if hs='9306900020' then sic_87='3761';
if hs='9306900060' then sic_87='3769'; if hs='9306900040' then sic_87='3483';
if hs='9306900080' then sic_87='3483';



Related Files:

The HS description, SIC and SITC numbers, and units of quantity in
this concordance are identical to those used in the files EXPYR_1.ASC,
EXPYR_2.ASC, EXPYR_3.ASC, and EXPYR_4.ASC for the years YR=89,90,...,94.

For years before 1989, exported commodities are identified by the
Schedule B classification.  A concordance of these numbers is contained
in CON78_88.ASC, as described in CON78_88.TXT. A cross-reference between
the Schedule B and HS numbers is contained in HS_SCH_B.ASC, as described
in HS_SCH_B.TXT.

Size:  CON89_94.ASC contains 8,978 records.

Source:

U.S. International Trade Administration, COMPRO database
[machine-readable file].