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Trade with U.S. Possessions

FIX FORMATTED ASCII FILE RECORD LENGTH: 371

Exports and imports 10-digit HS by U.S. possession

Filename: poshs10m[YYMM].txt


POSITION
FIELD NAME
DESCRIPTION
1
indicator

1-digit character
E - Exports
I - Imports

2-11
commodity
10-character numeric Harmonized Commodity Classification Code (Schedule B)
12-61
comm_desc
50-character commodity description
62-65
cty_code
4-character country code (Schedule C)
66-100
cty_desc
35-character country description
101-102
dist
2-character district code (Schedule D)
103-137
dist_name
35-character district description
138-140
unit_qy1
3-character unit of quantity 1
141-143
unit_qy2
3-character unit of quantity 2
144-147
year
4-character statistical year
148-149
month
2-character statistical month
150-161
cards_mo
12-digit card count, month
162-173
qy1_mo
12-digit total quantity 1, month
174-185
qy2_mo
12-digit total quantity 2, month
186-197
value_mo
12-digit total value, month
198-209
air_val_mo
12-digit air value, month
210-221 air_swt_mo 12-digit air shipping weight, month
222-233 ves_val_mo 12-digit vessel value, month
234-245 ves_swt_mo 12-digit vessel shipping weight, month
246-257 cards_yr 12-digit card count, year
258-269 qy1_yr 12-digit quantity 1, year
270-281 qy2_yr 12-digit quantity 2, year
282-293
value_yr
12-digit total value, year
294-305
air_val_yr
12-digit air value, year
306-317 air_swt_yr 12-digit air shipping weight, year
318-329 ves_val_yr 12-digit vessel value, year
330-341 ves_swt_yr 12-digit vessel shipping weight, year

August 2012
Trade Numbers

Deficit: $44.2 Billion
Exports: $181.3 Billion
Imports: $225.5 Billion

Next release: November 8, 2012
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Foreign Trade | ftdwebmaster@census.gov |  Last Revised: July 12, 2011