CFS-1200
(1-14-97)
COMMODITY
CODING MANUAL
1997 Commodity
Flow Survey
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
CFS-1200 (1-14-97)
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1997 COMMODITY FLOW SURVEY
COMMODITY CODING MANUAL
INTRODUCTION
How to Use This Manual
Index for Finding SCTG Codes
This manual provides the 5-digit Standard
Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG)
commodity codes that you will use to complete
column ’(f)’ of the shipment characteristics, Item F.
For single shipments of more than one commodity,
use the 5-digit code representing the largest
commodity by weight.
It is important that you use the 5-digit SCTG codes
in this manual to classify your commodities. This
enables the Census Bureau to uniformly aggregate
and present the data resulting from the CFS.
This manual presents the SCTG codes in numerical
sequence. Beginning below is an index to help you
find the appropriate 5-digit SCTG code.
Find the major group description (in bold type)
that best describes the shipment and turn to the
indicated page. Note: subgroups are included
below the major groups as a guide for locating
the correct major group.
The abbreviation "n.e.c." stands for "not
elsewhere classified". As an example, the code
01009, "Live animals n.e.c." includes all live
animals that have not been specifically classified
elsewhere in the manual.
To assist in finding the correct 5-digit SCTG code,
exceptions or inclusions are noted using italics, in
parentheses. The numbers in the list of exclusions
refer to the first 3,4, or 5 digits of the correct
SCTG code. For example: (except electrical
equipment 359xx). Under SCTG code 359xx the
correct 5-digit code may be 35911 (Primary cells
and batteries), or 35912 (Secondary cells and
storage batteries, etc.).
The term "including" is often followed by examples
of products in that particular product definition.
These lists are not all inclusive.
Machinery Parts: In general, machinery parts are
included in the same SCTG code as the machinery
for which they are parts. For example, product
code 36351 includes motorcycles