*** Country Codes and Names (United Nations Basis) ****



Description:



The U.S. import data collected by the Bureau of the Census keeps

track of the source country by certain Census codes.  For the

import database, the United Nations (UN) country codes and names

are used instead.



The file COUNTRY.ASC gives a complete list of the UN codes,

UN country abbreviations, the corresponding Census codes,

and the full name of the Census country.



Record Layout:



columns 1-6     -  United Nations (UN) code

columns 8-15    -  Abbreviated UN country name

columns 17-20   -  U.S. Census country code

columns 22-50   -  Full Census country name



The records are sorted by the six-digit UN codes.  The first

two-digits of that code are a regional identifier, the next

three-digits are a specific country code, and the last digit is

a special modifier than equals zero in nearly all cases.



Special considerations:



There are more Census country codes than UN codes.  This means

that a given UN code may appear on several subsequent records,

followed by the same abbreviated UN country name; on each of these

records, a different Census country code and Census county name

will appear.  For example, South Africa is treated as one country

in the UN codes, but is broken down into several smaller regions

in the Census codes and names.



Related Files:



The UN codes and abbreviated country names included in COUNTRY.ASC

are identical to those used in the files IMP*.ASC for 1972-2001.



Size:  COUNTRY.ASC has 250 records (including its header).



Sources:



The UN codes are the six digit Standard Classification of Customs Areas

and Territories, and are the same as that used by Statistics Canada

in their World Trade Database.



The Census codes and country names are taken from the file COUNTRY.DBF

contained on the CD-ROM:



U.S. Exports and Imports of Merchandise on CD-ROM [machine-readable data file]/

prepared by the Bureau of the Census. - Washington: The Bureau

[producer and distributor], various years.