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tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Main</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/about/index.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>About</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/data/index.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Data</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/index.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Export Filing AES</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/regulations/index.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Regulations</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a 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style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Events</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedule.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Release Schedule</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/definitions/index.html" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Definitions</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="/econ/currentdata/?programCode=FTD" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>Time Series / Trend Charts</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a href="https://usatrade.census.gov/" tabindex="0" class="uscb-color-primary" style="font-size: 1rem;"> <span>USA Trade Online</span> </a> </span> </li> <li class="uscb-filter-parent"> <span> <a 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id="detailMiddleColumn" class="belowHeader col-xs-12 col-lg-10 detailPageMiddleColumn"> <div id="stdTemplate" class="form-group"> <div class="border richtext"><h1>Reference</h1> <ul> <li> <h3><a href="/foreign-trade/statistics/notices/index.html" style="color:#064167;">Notices</a></h3> </li> <li> <h3><a href="/foreign-trade/guide/sec2.html" style="color:#064167;">Description of the Foreign Trade Statistical Program</a></h3> </li> <li> <h3><a href="/foreign-trade/guide/sec4.html" id="anch_40" style="color:#064167;">Conversion Tables and Units of Quantity</a></h3> </li> </ul> <h2 id="concordance" name="concordance"><strong>Concordance</strong></h2> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li>These files include most current 10-digit HS import and export codes as well as equivalent codes in other classification systems. Please read the structure files below to know which calssification systems are included. These files include codes that are not valid in AES. <font color="#990000"><strong>AES users should use the files available from the <a href="/foreign-trade/aes/document-library.html">AES Document Library</a>.</strong></font> (These five files are included in "ZIP ASCII file Schedule B/HTSUS" which is listed under "<a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/index.html">Schedule B Search Engine - Downloads</a>")</li> <li><b>Read Me </b>(TXT, < 1 MB)<b>: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2012/readme.txt">2012</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2013/readme.txt">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2014/readme.txt">2014</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2015/readme.txt">2015</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2016/readme.txt">2016</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2017/readme.txt">2017</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2018/readme.txt">2018</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2019/readme.txt">2019</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2020/readme.txt">2020</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2021/readme.txt">2021</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/readme.txt">2022</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2023/readme.txt">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2024/readme.txt">2024</a></li> <li><b>Exports:</b> <ul> <li><b>Structure </b>(TXT, < 1 MB)<b>: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2012/exp-stru.txt">2012</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2013/exp-stru.txt">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2014/exp-stru.txt">2014</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2015/exp-stru.txt">2015</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2016/exp-stru.txt">2016</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2017/exp-stru.txt">2017</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2018/exp-stru.txt">2018</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2019/exp-stru.txt">2019</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2020/exp-stru.txt">2020</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2021/exp-stru.txt">2021</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/exp-stru.txt">2022</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2023/exp-stru.txt">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2024/exp-stru.txt">2024</a></li> <li><b>Codes </b>(TXT, 2 MB)<b>: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2012/exp-code.txt">2012</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2013/exp-code.txt">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2014/exp-code.txt">2014</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2015/exp-code.txt">2015</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2016/exp-code.txt">2016</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2017/exp-code.txt">2017</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2018/exp-code.txt">2018</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2019/exp-code.txt">2019</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2020/exp-code.txt">2020</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2021/exp-code.txt">2021</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/exp-code.txt">2022</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2023/exp-code.txt">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2024/exp-code.txt">2024</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Imports:</strong> <ul> <li><b>Structure </b>(TXT, < 1 MB)<b>: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2012/imp-stru.txt">2012</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2013/imp-stru.txt">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2014/imp-stru.txt">2014</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2015/imp-stru.txt">2015</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2016/imp-stru.txt">2016</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2017/imp-stru.txt">2017</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2018/imp-stru.txt">2018</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2019/imp-stru.txt">2019</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2020/imp-stru.txt">2020</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2021/imp-stru.txt">2021</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/imp-stru.txt">2022</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/imp-stru.txt">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2024/imp-stru.txt">2024</a></li> <li><b>Codes </b>(TXT, 5 MB)<b>: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2012/imp-code.txt">2012</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2013/imp-code.txt">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2014/imp-code.txt">2014</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2015/imp-code.txt">2015</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2016/imp-code.txt">2016</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2017/imp-code.txt">2017</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2018/imp-code.txt">2018</a> | <a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2019/imp-code.txt">2019</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2020/imp-code.txt">2020</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2021/imp-code.txt">2021</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2022/imp-code.txt">2022</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2023/imp-code.txt">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/2024/imp-code.txt">2024</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Interactive Concordance</strong> (XLSX) <ul> <li><b>Exports : </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord05.xls" id="anch_36">2005</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord06.xls" id="anch_36">2006</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord07.xls" id="anch_36">2007</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord08.xls" id="anch_36">2008</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord09.xls" id="anch_36">2009</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord10.xls" id="anch_36">2010</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord11.xls" id="anch_36">2011</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord12.xls" id="anch_36">2012</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord13.xls" id="anch_36">2013</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord14.xls" id="anch_36">2014</a><b> |</b><b> </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord15.xls" id="anch_36">2015</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord16.xls" id="anch_36">2016</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord17.xls" id="anch_36">2017</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord18.xls" id="anch_36">2018</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord19.xls" id="anch_36">2019</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord20.xlsx" id="anch_36">2020</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord21.xlsx" id="anch_36">2021 </a><b>|</b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord22.xlsx" id="anch_36"> 2022</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord23.xlsx" id="anch_36">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/expconcord24.xlsx">2024</a></li> <li><b>Imports : </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord05.xls" id="anch_36">2005</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord06.xls" id="anch_36">2006</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord07.xls" id="anch_36">2007</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord08.xls" id="anch_36">2008</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord09.xls" id="anch_36">2009</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord10.xls" id="anch_36">2010</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord11.xls" id="anch_36">2011</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord12.xls" id="anch_36">2012</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord13.xls" id="anch_36">2013</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord14.xls" id="anch_36">2014</a><b> |</b><b> </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord15.xls" id="anch_36">2015</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord16.xls" id="anch_36">2016</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord17.xls" id="anch_36">2017</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord18.xls" id="anch_36">2018</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord19.xls" id="anch_36">2019</a><b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord20.xlsx" id="anch_36">2020 </a><b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord21.xlsx" id="anch_36">2021</a><b> | </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord22.xlsx" id="anch_36">2022</a> <b>| </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord23.xlsx" id="anch_36">2023</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/concordance/impconcord24.xlsx">2024</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>MITR Concordance</strong> (XLSX) <ul> <li><b>Exports and Imports: </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2012/2012_MITR_Concordance.xls">2012</a><b> </b>| <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2013/2013_MITR_Concordance.xls">2013</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2014/2014_MITR_Concordance.xls">2014</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2015/2015_MITR_Concordance.xls">2015</a> |<b> </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2016/2016_MITR_Concordance.xls">2016</a> |<b> </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2019/2019_MITR_Concordance.xlsx">2019</a> |<b> </b><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/MITR/2020/2020_MITR_Concordance.xlsx">2020</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 name="classcodes"><strong>Codes</strong></h1> <h2 id="classcodes" name="classcodes"><br> <strong>Classification System Codes</strong></h2> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/reference/codes/atp/index.html">Advance Technology Products (ATP)</a></li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/reference/steelprodcodes.html">American Iron and Steel Group Product Codes</a></li> <li>End-use codes <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/enduse/imeumstr.txt">Imports</a></strong> (TXT, 8k)</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/enduse/exeumstr.txt">Exports</a> </strong>(TXT, 8k)</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://hts.usitc.gov/">Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Of the United States</a> (Imports)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/Import_Historical_HS_Numbers.xlsx">Historical HS Numbers for Data Users</a> (XLSX, Imports)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/Export_Historical_HS_Numbers.xlsx">Historical HS Numbers for Data Users</a> (XLSX, Exports)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/naics/naicsmst.txt">NAICS Codes</a> (TXT, 46k)</li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/schedules/b/index.html">Schedule B Export Commodity Codes</a></li> <li>SIC <ul> <li><strong><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/sic/isic.txt">Imports</a></strong> (TXT, <1mb) | <a href="/foreign-trade/reference/codes/sic/isic-del.txt">ASCII delimited file</a> (TXT, <1mb)</li> <li><strong><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/sic/esic.txt">Exports</a></strong> (TXT, <1mb) | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/sic/esic-del.txt">ASCII delimited file</a> (TXT, <1mb)</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/sitc/sitcmstr.txt">SITC</a> (TXT, <1mb)</li> <br> <li> <hr> <h2 id="geocodes" name="geocodes"><strong>Geographic Codes</strong></h2> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li>Schedule C: Country codes and descriptions <ul> <li>HTML: <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/countrycodes.html">Sorted by Code</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/countryname.html">Sorted by description</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/countrycodesiso.html">Sorted by ISO code</a></li> <li>TXT: <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/country.txt">Sorted by Code</a> 18k | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/country2.txt">Sorted by description</a> 18k | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/country4.txt">Sorted by ISO code</a>, 18k</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/c/country3.txt">ASCII delimited file</a> (TXT, <1mb)</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/guide/sec5.html">Country Groupings</a></li> <li>Schedule D U.S. Customs districts/ports, codes and descriptions. (TXT) <ul> <li>HTML: <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/distcode.html">Sorted by Code</a> | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/distname.html">Sorted by Description</a></li> <li>TXT: <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/dist.txt">Sorted by Code</a> 30k | <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/dist2.txt">Sorted by Description</a> 39k</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/dist3.txt">ASCII delimited file</a> (TXT, <1mb)</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/About/Technical-Centers/WCSC-Waterborne-Commerce-Statistics-Center/">Schedule K</a><span style="color:red"> </span>(Foreign Port Codes)<span style="color:red"> [external link]</span></li> </ul> <h2 id="othercodes" name="othercodes"><strong>Other Codes</strong></h2> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li><a href="http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx">IATA Codes</a><span style="color:red"> [external link] </span></li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/reference/codes/csc.html">Country Sub-Codes (Imports)</a></li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/reference/rpcodes.html">Rate Provision</a> (Types of Duty)</li> </ul> <hr> <h2 id="infopapers" name="infopapers"><strong>Information Papers</strong></h2> <ul style="list-style-type: none;"> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/quality_profile10032014.pdf" id="anch_40" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Updated U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: A Quality Profile</a> (Posted October 15, 2014) (PDF 98K)</li> <li><a href="/foreign-trade/reference/seasonalchain.html" id="anch_41" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Seasonal Adjustment of Chained Dollars</a> (Posted March 9, 2012) <a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/seasonalchainfaq.html" id="anch_42" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/elom.pdf" id="anch_43" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">State Data Series - An Explanation</a> (Posted March 11, 2010)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/lvpaper.pdf" id="anch_44" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Import and Export Low Value Estimation Change</a> (Posted December 10, 2009)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/ftz_guidelines.pdf" id="anch_45" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Foreign Trade Zones Guidelines</a> (PDF 1.8 MB)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/mandatoryelectronicfiling.pdf" id="anch_46" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Effect of Mandatory Electronic Filing on Export Data</a> (Posted January 14, 2009)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/priceadj.pdf" id="anch_47" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Adjustment of U.S. Merchandise Trade Data For Price Change</a> (Posted April 6, 2004)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/uscanada.pdf" id="anch_48" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">US - Canada Data Exchange1990-2001</a> (Posted April 19, 2002)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/statedatapresentation.pdf" id="anch_65" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">1998 Annual National State Data Centers meeting - FTD presentation</a> (Posted October 28, 1998)</li> <li><a href="https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/outbound.pdf" id="anch_66" style="text-decoration:underline; color:#064167">Outbound Process Improvements: Quality of U.S. Export Trade Statistics</a> (Posted September 16, 1998)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="pdfAndExternalLinkDiv" class="hidden-xs hidden-sm hidden-md visible-lg"> </div> </div> <!-- wrapper --> </div> <!-- container-fluid --> <div class="uscb-main-container"> <div class="censusfooter universalfooter"> <footer class="uscb-footer uscb-print-hide"> <!-- START CB Footer - Last Revised: 10/04/2022 --> <!-- Responsive Version --> <!DOCTYPE html> <head> <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.census.gov/main/css/font-awesome-4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css"> <!-- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/main/css/bootstrap-4.3.1.min.css">--> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://www.census.gov/main/css/new_footer.css"> <!-- <script src="/main/javascript/jquery-3.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="/main/javascript/bootstrap-4.3.1/bootstrap.min.js"></script>--> <style> @media only screen and (max-width: 700px) { .val { width: 100%; 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