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State HS6 Database - Exports Record Layout

FIX FORMATTED ASCII FILE RECORD LENGTH: 228

EXPORTS HS 6-Digit by Country by State

FILENAME: STHS6<YY><MM>.TXT

POSITION FIELD NAME DESCRIPTION
1-6 commodity 6-digit Harmonized Schedule (HS) Code
7-10 cty_code 4-digit Country Code
11-12 state 2-digit State of Origin, using US Postal Service State Abbreviations. "XX" = Unidentified
13-16 year 4-digit Statistical Year
17-18 month 2-digit Statistical Month
19-33 value_mo 15-digit Total Value
34-48 air_val_mo 15-digit Air Value
49-63 air_swt_mo 15-digit Air Shipping Weight
64-78 ves_val_mo 15-digit Vessel Value
79-93 ves_swt_mo 15-digit Vessel Shipping Weight
94-108 cnt_val_mo 15-digit Containerized Vessel Value
109-123 cnt_swt_mo 15-digit Containerized Vessel Shipping Weight
124-138 value_yr 15-digit Year to Date Total Value
139-153 air_val_yr 15-digit Year to Date Air Value
154-168 air_swt_yr 15-digit Year to Date Air Shipping Weight
169-183 ves_val_yr 15-digit Year to Date Vessel Value
184-198 ves_swt_yr 15-digit Year to Date Vessel Shipping Weight
199-213 cnt_val_yr 15-digit Year to Date Containerized Vessel Value
214-228 cnt_swt_yr 15-digit Year to Date Containerized Vessel Shipping Weight

July 2012
Trade Numbers

Deficit: $42.0 Billion
Exports: $183.3 Billion
Imports: $225.3 Billion

Next release: October 11, 2012
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Foreign Trade | ftdwebmaster@census.gov |  Last Revised: July 12, 2011