China Trade Data, 1988-2008
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The China customs statistics data for 1988-1991 are arranged by 5-digit Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Rev. 2, 1992-1996 by 6-digit Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), and 1997-2008 by 8-digit HS. Variables include: country of origin/destination; country of purchase/sale; value in USD; quantity; unit of quantity; customs regime; firm type; and province of import/export; location of consumer/producer. Data for 1988-2006 have been converted into SAS files, 2007-2008 data are available as text files. Various documentation files are also available.
Producer: China Customs General Administration, Statistics Dept.
Distributor: CCS (China Customs Statistics) Information Center.
The data collections provided by the IGA Library & Data Archive are licensed for campus access. In some cases, access is restricted to UC Davis faculty, staff, and students with valid university computing accounts (UC Davis user id / Kerberos password). In other cases, access is restricted to the campus network. Data are made available with the understanding that they are to be used for not-for-profit academic research only and are not to be copied or otherwise made available to any third party. All data used for research should be given an appropriate citation in any resulting published work.