U.S. Department of Commerce
FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS: Your Key to Trade [Skip all navigation and go directly to page content]
[Go to the FTD MAIN page.]
[FTD Main Navigation] MAIN: About Foreign Trade | Data | A.E.S. | Regulations | Reference | Definitions | Schedule B | FAQs | Feedback | Search
[ADVERT: USATrade Online - Trade data online]

Structures and Definitions

Imports

General

Column Number
(Left to Right)		 Contents Type Abbreviation

1

10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number

 TEXT

HCC

2

4-digit country code

 TEXT

CTRY

3

Country sub-code (CSC)

TEXT

CSC

4

2-digit customs district code

TEXT

DE

5

Type identifier (processing code)

TEXT

TYPE

 6

Card count

 NUMERIC

CC

7

Statistical month quantity-1

NUMERIC

QTY1

8

Statistical month quantity-2

NUMERIC

QTY2

9

Statistical month imports value

NUMERIC

VALUE

10

Statistical month CIF Value

NUMERIC

CIF VALUE

 11

Year-to-date card count

NUMERIC

YTD CC

12

Year-to-date quantity-1

NUMERIC

YTD QTY1

13

Year-to-date quantity-2

NUMERIC

YTD QTY2

14

Year-to-date imports value

NUMERIC

YTD VAL

15

Year-to-date CIF Value

NUMERIC

YTD CIF VALUE

 16

Country description

 TEXT

CTRYALPHA

17

Customs district description

TEXT

DE ALPHA

18

Country sub-code alpha description

TEXT

CSC ALPHA

 19

Unit of quantity-1

TEXT

AUQ1

20

Unit of quantity-2

TEXT

AUQ2

21

10-digit Schedule B commodity description

TEXT

LONG ALPHA

22
Statistical month
TEXT
MON
23
Statistical year
NUMERIC
YEAR

Consumption

Column Number
(Left to Right)		 Contents Type Abbreviation

1

10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number

 TEXT

HCC

2

4-digit country code

 TEXT

CTRY

3

Country sub-code (CSC)

TEXT

CSC

4

2-digit customs district code

TEXT

DE

5

Type identifier (processing code)

TEXT

TYPE

 6

Card count

 NUMERIC

CC

7

Statistical month quantity-1

NUMERIC

QTY1

8

Statistical month quantity-2

NUMERIC

QTY2

9

Statistical month imports value

NUMERIC

VALUE

10

Statistical month Duty Value

NUMERIC

DUTY VALUE

 11

Year-to-date card count

NUMERIC

YTD CC

12

Year-to-date quantity-1

NUMERIC

YTD QTY1

13

Year-to-date quantity-2

NUMERIC

YTD QTY2

14

Year-to-date imports value

NUMERIC

YTD VAL

15

Year-to-date Duty Value

NUMERIC

YTD DUTY VALUE

 16

Country description

 TEXT

CTRYALPHA

17

Customs district description

TEXT

DE ALPHA

18

Country sub-code alpha description

TEXT

CSC ALPHA

 19

Unit of quantity-1

TEXT

AUQ1

20

Unit of quantity-2

TEXT

AUQ2

21

10-digit Schedule B commodity description

TEXT

LONG ALPHA

22
Statistical month
TEXT
MON
23
Statistical year
NUMERIC
YEAR

Exports

Column Number
(Left to Right)		 Contents Type Abbreviation

1

10-digit Schedule B number

TEXT

HCC

2

 Domestic or foreign exports (1:domestic; 2:foreign)

TEXT

DF

3

4-digit country code

TEXT

CTRY

4

2-digit customs district code

TEXT

DE

5

Card count

NUMERIC

CC

6

Statistical month quantity-1

NUMERIC

QTY1

7

Statistical month quantity-2

NUMERIC

QTY2

8

Statistical month exports value

NUMERIC

VALUE

9

Year-to-date card count

NUMERIC

YTD CC

10

Year-to-date quantity-1

NUMERIC

YTD QTY1

11

Year-to-date quantity-2

NUMERIC

YTD QTY2

12

Year-to-date exports value

NUMERIC

YTD VAL

13

Country description

TEXT

CTRYALPHA

14

Customs district description

TEXT

DE ALPHA

15

Unit of quantity-1

TEXT

AUQ1

16

Unit of quantity-2

TEXT

AUQ2

17

10-digit Schedule B commodity description

TEXT

LONG ALPHA
18
Statistical month
TEXT
MON
19
Statistical year
NUMERIC
YEAR

Definitions

FTD Web News

What is required for me to ship charity goods to Haiti?
From GLOBAL REACH: "In order to facilitate the movements of these goods, we offer the following guidance that applies to any goods not requiring a license, such as food, clothing, and medicines." (January 22, 2010)

Foreign Trade has GLOBAL REACH
Foreign Trade has just created and published its official blog, "Global Reach." Visit it to discuss the Foreign Trade Regulations, Export Filing (AES), Trade Data, and other trade related topics. Posts are current and relevant to you as the filer, exporter, data user, or curious blog reader. (January 5, 2010)

FTZ: Guidelines for Submtting Statistical Data (PDF) (1.8 MB)
Guidelines and best practices for fulfilling FTZ's statistical reporting requirements are now available.

NEW EXPORT TRAINING VIDEOS!!!
- Training videos on topics such as the Foreign Trade Regulations, AESDirect, NAFTA, Taxes/Tariffs, Commodities, etc. now available!

2009 Constant Dollar Data
- The Census Bureau identified a processing error that caused incorrect deflators to be applied to the revised data for 2009. The data have been corrected.

2009 DATA PRODUCT CHANGES
- U.S. Census Bureau will modify the structure of several data products to accommodate changing technology and user demand.

EXPORT COMPLIANCE SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
- The export environment has dramatically changed. Come and understand what it takes to remain compliant, aware and out of trouble.

2003 AES Option 4 Moratorium
Option 4 Filing Review Process Suspended

AES Compliance Best Practices:
Best Practices for maintaining AES Compliance are now available.

Related Party Database Application:
Time series RELATED PARTY data for specific commodities and countries.

ORDER AND DOWNLOAD FOREIGN TRADE DATA PRODUCTS:
- Online Order Form
- FTD DropBox
- Merchandise Trade Downloads

NEW Schedule B Search Engine:
It's new. It's flexible. It has more options.

NEWEST TRADE DATA!
- Get the basics!
- Learn more!

Source: FTDWebMaster, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, D.C. 20233
Location: MAIN
Created: 2 August 2005
Last modified: 12 July 2011 at 04:00:02 PM