Concordances

Paper

This page provides access to concordance files developed and discussed in:

Van Beveren, Ilke, Andrew B. Bernard and Hylke Vandenbussche (2012). Concording EU Trade and Production Data over Time. NBER Working Paper Series 18604.

Also available as:

CEPR Working Paper 9254

National Bank of Belgium Working Paper 239

Online appendix

This document contains a sensitivity analysis of the concordance procedures discussed in the paper for different time periods.

Concordance files

Concording EU trade and production data over time

EU Combined Nomenclature (CN8) classification (1988-2010):

Readme file

CN8 classification over time

EU Prodcom (PC8) classification (1993-2010):

Readme file

PC8 classification over time

Harmonized System (HS6) classification (1988-2010):

Readme file

HS6 classification over time

Translating EU trade and production data in a common classification (cross-section)

Concordance CN8 and PC8 to HS6+ (2003 or 2005):

Readme file

CN-PC-HS in a single year

Concordance CN8 and PC8 to PC8+ (2003 or 2005):

Readme file

CN-PC in a single year

External resources

EU concordances

Eurostat Ramon: metadata EU concordances

US concordances

Peter Schott's International Economics Resource Page

Links to Pierce and Schott's concordance papers (Justin Pierce's website)

OECD/Eurostat classification on technology- and knowledge-intensity of sectors

OECD Classification of manufacturing industries based on R&D intensities

Eurostat "High Tech Manufacturing" and "Knowledge Intensive Services" classification (NACE Rev 2)

Eurostat "High Tech Manufacturing" and "Knowledge Intensive Services" classification (NACE Rev 1.1)

ISO country codes

ISO 2-digit country codes

ISO 3-digit country codes