***SITC (Revision 1, 5-digit) Export Data, 1972-1977***



Using the files EXP*.ASC for 1972-1977, the import data are summed

according to the 5-digit Standard International Trade Classification

(SITC), Revision 1 codes.  The results are stored in SITC72.ASC,....,

SITC77.ASC.



Record Layout:



The variables included in SITC*.ASC are:



columns 1-5       -  SITC Rev. 1 number (5-digit)

columns 7-12      -  Country code (UN codes are used, as listed in COUNTRY.TXT)

columns 14-21     -  Source country name

columns 23-33     -  Value (dollars)

columns 35-36     -  Year





Missing Observations:



There are some observations with missing values for the SITC code,

which are indicated with a blank field.



Special Considerations:



Also included in these files are the variables listed above summed

over all source countries, in which case the Country name is listed as

WORLD, and the Country code is 100000.



Size:  Each file SITC*.ASC is between 2 and 3 megabytes.



Related Files:



The commodity names corresponding to each SITC code, for each

revision of the SITC, are found in SITCREV1.ASC, SITCREV2.ASC,

and SITCREV3.ASC.



Concordances between the various revisions of the SITC are found

in SITCR2_1.ASC, SITCR2_3.ASC and SITCR3_2.ASC.



The data in SITC*.ASC is a summation of that found in EXP*.ASC.  Thus,

the details about each variable provided in the documentation to

EXP*.ASC also applies to SITC*.ASC.