Selecting Multiple Commodity Codes
1. Click on STATISTICS, then
BUILD YOUR OWN TABLES from
the drop-down menu.
2. Click on Data by
Commodity Code
from the left hand
menu.
You will be presented with our default table. This shows:
•Both EU and Non EU data for all four suites (Imports, Exports, Arrivals and Dispatches,
•Latest 3 months data for all commodities up to HS2
3. Click on the down arrow box
next to the HS2 box
This produces a drop down
menu. (Every chapter has been
ticked here as it has been used
to create the default table)
4. Click on the box by (Show
All) to take the ticks off all the
Chapters
5. Use the scroll bar to scroll
down to the chapters you want.
6. The first two commodities
we want are in Chapter 04.
Click on the Expand (+) symbol
next to this to reveal everything
in Chapter 04
7. Again, scroll down the list
until you find the commodity
codes you want
8. The first two codes we
want are 04069013 and
04069021. Click on these
boxes
10. Click on the box
by 04069081
9. Continue to scroll down
to find the third commodity
code you want in this
chapter (which is
04069081)
11. The fourth commodity code we want
is in Chapter 09, so we continue to scroll
down the list using the scroll bar
12. Again, click on the
Expand (+) symbol to
reveal all the codes in
Chapter 09
13. And click on the
commodity code you
want
14. When you have finished
your selection, click OK
A table is created giving the total value of all four commodity codes added together
You can tailor this table to show the values for each of the 4 commodity codes by using the following steps:
15. Right click anywhere in
this area…
16 …to get the following
drop-down box, then click
on Expand All
This will produce a list of all Non EU Countries according to their geographical region
Country
Geographical Region
17. Now hover over the HS2
box and keeping your finger
pressed down on the left
mouse button, drag it to the
right of Country
18. You can tell when you
have positioned this correctly
as white “up and down”
arrows will appear
19. Right click anywhere in
this area…
20…to get the following
drop-down box then click
on Expand All
The Chapters now appear
21. Right click anywhere in
this area…
22…to get the following
drop-down box then click
on Expand All
This now shows HS4 level data
23. Right click anywhere in
this area…
24…to get the following
drop-down box then click
on Expand All
This now shows HS6 level data
25. Finally, right click
anywhere in this area…
26…to get the
following drop-down
box. Again, click on
Expand All
This now shows the
individual 8 digit commodity
code and the total trade in
that code