Explanatory Notes

Trade Data Online provides definitions, methodology, help and other explanatory notes on the following topics:

• Modules

• Trade by Product
• Trade by Industry

• Trade Type

• Total Imports
• Total Exports
• Trade Balance
• Manufacturing Shipments
• Export Intensity
• Apparent Domestic Market

• Time Period

• Value
• Trader
• Trading Partner

• Country Classification
• Countries by Geographic Regions
• Predefined Country Groups
• U.S. States

• Product

• Product Classification
• Application of the Classification

• Background Issues

• Types of Trade Statistics
• Product Coding Systems
• Trade in Services
• Canada-U.S. Data Interchange
• Integrating Trade Data with Manufacturing Data
• More Detailed Data