Basic Selection - HELP
Introduction
‘Basic Selection’ is a sub-menu of ‘Data Query’ in the UN Comtrade database.
Basic Selection requires user to select items from provided lists. This is considered as traditional data selection tool.
Browser warning: Basic Selection works only in Internet Explorer version 6 and up.
Two methods for basic selection:
Method I: Load Saved Query
You can load your saved query in ‘Step 0.’ This feature is only available for subscribers.
Method II: Input/Select Basic Items Query
Step 1 [required]. Select the classification you are searching for. Description of the classification and its commodities listing can be found in the link below:
http://comtrade.un.org/db/mr/rfCommoditiesList.aspx
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/regct.asp?Lg=1
If you need more information on how to choose commodity classification, please refer to Knowledge Base Article Which classification system is appropriate to use?
Step 2. Enter Selection Items
Commodities: Allows one to search for commodity by ‘commodity code’ or by ‘item/description’. For example you can search for ‘steel’ in HS2002. Searching by name yields several results and the user has the option to choose one or more which appear in the Select Items column. See figure below:
If you want to load your favorites, choose the right source in step.1. Special Items source enables selection of TOTAL, 1 digit code, 2 digit codes … etc.
Reporters, Partners, Years: Select one or more of each and click the ‘add’ button.
Others: This feature allows one to select the trade flow, filter by value, select a preset sort order, and choose the aggregation option desired. The entire query can be saved. Also, AutoBatch can be set to ‘full’ or ‘incremental’.
Step 3. Save Query (optional)
You can save your query here for future use, to enable notification or to enable AutoBatch. Please review the following article regarding the above features for save query:
http://comtrade.un.org/kb/article.aspx?id=10129
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