Frequency of Publication & Date of Release

As the need arises [ latest issue was published in July 1994 ]

The Publication Contents & Uses

Presents the classification of commodities in six level of details: section, division, group, subgroup, item and sub-item. Each commodity or commodity group is identified by a unique code number. For convenience in obtaining aggregates at each level by automatic data processing equipment, the code number of each commodity is so design that the first digit identifies the section; the first two digits, the division; the first three digits, the group; the first four digits, the subgroup; the first five digits, the item; and the seven digits, sub-item or specific commodity.

Time Span of Data Contents:   Latest Revision

Data Contents

• Summary of Classification Scheme
• The Detailed Classification are the following:
• Food and Live Animals
• Beverages and Tobacco
• Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels
• Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials
• Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats and Waxes
• Chemicals and Related Products, N.E.S.
• Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly By Material
• Machinery and Transport Equipment
• Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles
• Commodities and Transactions Not Classified Elsewhere in PSCC
• Symbols and Abbreviations
• Headings of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) in terms of the PSCC

No. of Pages:   798 pp.

Other Dissemination:  CD-ROM/Diskette

Publisher

Agency: National Statistical Coordination Board
Address: 2F Midland Buendia Bldg., 403 Gil Puyat Avenue
Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
Telephone Nos.: 895-27-67/890-94-05/890-31-35
Fax Nos.: 890-94-08/890-31-35
E-mail: info@nscb.gov.ph
URL: http://www.nscb.gov.ph