STAN Bilateral Trade Database (ed. 2011)
methods, notes and classification
STAN Bilateral Trade Database
Data source(s) used
The STAN Bilateral Trade Database for industrial analysis (BTD) belongs to the STAN Family datasets and is designed to provide analysts and researchers with information on trade in goods broken down by reporter, partner country (or geographical/economic area) and economic activity.
BTD tables for OECD countries are derived from the OECD's International Trade by Commodity Statistics (ITCS) database where (values and quantities of) imports and exports are compiled according to product classifications and by partner country. Due to the convergence of OECD's ITCS and United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) COMTRADE updating processes, data sharing and other related co-operation between the two organisations, BTD tables can also be computed for non-OECD members as declaring countries, notably the Russian Federation and the countries which belong to the OECD Enhanced Engagement Program (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa). However, owing to the terms of the agreement between OECD and UNSD, tables for non-OECD countries cannot be published on OECD's official online services, such as OECD.STAT, which are used for commercial purposes. Nevertheless, BTD tables for non-OECD countries can be transmitted for free on request (write to sti.contact@oecd.org mentioning BTD in the title of the message).
To compile this edition of Bilateral Trade Database, ITCS and COMTRADE values of imports and exports are converted from product classification schemes to an activity classification scheme using a standard conversion key.
In BTD, the list of industries is based on the International Standard Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3 and is compatible with other OECD databases such as STAN database for Industrial Analysis, Business Expenditure on R&D by Industry (ANBERD), the OECD Input-Output tables and the STAN Indicators.
BTD is updated on a 'rolling basis' like the STAN Industry database. Most series are presented from 1988 onwards. Data are presented in US dollars, at current prices.
Users should note that not all trade is included in BTD (e.g. exports from Saudi Arabia to Pakistan). However, based on 2005 data from UNSD's COMTRADE Database, it is estimated that when considering data for OECD declaring countries, about 90% of world trade is covered by BTD. When also considering the non-OECD declaring countries processed for BTD, about 99% of world trade is covered.
Information on previous versions of BTD can be found on the database's internet page, here. For further details on Science, Technology and Industry statistics, please visit the web site page at www.oecd.org/sti/.
Aggregation and consolidation
To compile the current version of BTD, ITCS data are converted from product classifications schemes to an activity classification scheme using a standard conversion key.
Methods 
Explanatory Notes 
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CLASSIFICATION PLAN
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STRUCTURE OF THE CODE : XXX / X / XX / XX / X
SUB-CODES :
1 XXX...... Country
2 ...X..... Variable
3 ....XX... Industry
4 ......XX. Partner country
5 ........X Blank
SUB-CODE 1 : Country
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AUS Australia
AUT Austria
BLX Belgium-Luxembourg
CAN Canada
CHL Chile
TWN Chinese Taipei
CZE Czech Republic
DNK Denmark
EST Estonia
FIN Finland
FRA France
DEU Germany
GRC Greece
HUN Hungary
ISL Iceland
IRL Ireland
ISR Israel
ITA Italy
JPN Japan
KOR Korea
LUX Luxembourg
MEX Mexico
NLD Netherlands
NZL New Zealand
NOR Norway
POL Poland
PRT Portugal
SVK Slovak Republic
SVN Slovenia
ESP Spain
SWE Sweden
CHE Switzerland
TUR Turkey
GBR United Kingdom
USA United States
SUB-CODE 2 : Variable
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I Imports
E Exports
SUB-CODE 3 : Industry
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00 GRAND TOTAL
01 AGRICULTURE FORESTRY AND FISHING
02 MINING AND QUARRYING
03 TOTAL MANUFACTURING
04 + Food beverages and tobacco
05 + Textiles leather and footwear
06 + Wood and cork
07 + Pulp paper printing and publishing
08 + Chemical rubber plastics and fuel
09 ++ Coke refined petroleum and nuclear fuel
10 ++ Chemicals and chemical products
11 +++ Chemicals excluding pharmaceuticals
12 +++ Pharmaceuticals
13 ++ Rubber and plastics
14 + Non-metallic products
15 + Basic metals and fabricated metal products
16 ++ Basic metals
17 +++ Iron and steel
18 +++ Non-ferrous metals
19 ++ Fabricated metal products
20 + Machinery and equipment
21 ++ Machinery and equipment n.e.c
22 ++ Electrical and optical equipment
23 +++ Office accounting and computing machinery
24 +++ Electrical machinery and apparatus n.e.c
25 +++ Radio TV communication equipment
26 +++ Medical precision and optical instrument
27 + Transport equipment
28 ++ Motor vehicles trailers and semi-trailers
29 ++ Other transport equipment
30 +++ Shipbuilding
31 +++ Aircraft and spacecraft
32 +++ Railroad and transport equipment n.e.c
33 + Manufacturing n.e.c and recycling
34 ELECTRICITY GAS AND WATER
35 SCRAP METALS
36 WASTE
37 UNALLOCATED AND CONFIDENTIAL
38 HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURES
39 MEDIUM-HIGH TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURES
40 MEDIUM-LOW TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURES
41 LOW TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURES
42 ICT MANUFACTURES
SUB-CODE 4 : Partner country
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00 Australia
01 Austria
02 Belgium-Luxembourg
03 Canada
04 Chile
05 Czech Republic
06 Denmark
07 Estonia
08 Finland
09 France
10 Germany
11 Greece
12 Hungary
13 Iceland
14 Ireland
15 Israel
16 Italy
17 Japan
18 Korea
19 Luxembourg
20 Mexico
21 Netherlands
22 New Zealand
23 Norway
24 Poland
25 Portugal
26 Slovak Republic
27 Slovenia
28 Spain
29 Sweden
30 Switzerland
31 Turkey
32 United Kingdom
33 United States
34 Argentina
35 Brazil
36 Bulgaria
37 China
38 Chinese Taipei
39 Cyprus
40 Former Czechoslovakia
41 Hong Kong, China
42 India
43 Indonesia
44 Latvia
45 Lithuania
46 Malaysia
47 Malta
48 Philippines
49 Romania
50 Russia (Federation of)
51 Saudi Arabia
52 Singapore
53 South Africa
54 Thailand
55 Viet Nam
56 OPEC countries (excl. Saudi Arabia shown separately)
57 Rest of the World
58 Total World
59 Major seven
60 EU 15 countries
61 EU 19 countries
62 EU 25 countries
63 European Union
64 OECD
65 Total Non-OECD
66 Unspecified
67 World excluding EU15
68 World excluding EU19
69 World excluding EU25
70 World excluding EU27
71 World excluding OECD
Units:
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in thousands US$ current prices