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I.2. DEFINITIONS AND INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONS<br />

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Box 2.3. General advanced technology products in US trade statistics<br />

About 500 commodity classificati<strong>on</strong> codes used in reporting US merchandise trade are<br />

identified as “advanced technology” codes. Below are three categories which include spacerelated<br />

commodities:<br />

Code 04: “Informati<strong>on</strong> & Communicati<strong>on</strong>s”<br />

This category focuses <strong>on</strong> products that are able to process increased volumes of<br />

informati<strong>on</strong> in shorter periods of time. Includes central processing units, all computers<br />

and some peripheral units such as disk drive units and c<strong>on</strong>trol units, al<strong>on</strong>g with modems,<br />

facsimile machines and teleph<strong>on</strong>ic switching apparatus. Examples of o<strong>the</strong>r products<br />

included are radar apparatus and communicati<strong>on</strong> satellites. The codes pertinent for space<br />

include:<br />

● 04 8529904740 Radio Navigati<strong>on</strong>al Aid Apparatus Parts<br />

● 04 8802603000 Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Satellites<br />

● 04 8803903000 Parts of Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Satellites<br />

Code 08: “Aerospace”<br />

This category encompasses most new military and civil helicopters, airplanes and<br />

spacecraft (with <strong>the</strong> excepti<strong>on</strong> of communicati<strong>on</strong>s satellites that are included under<br />

Informati<strong>on</strong> & Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Technology). O<strong>the</strong>r products included are turbojet aircraft<br />

engines, flight simulators and automatic pilots. The codes pertinent for space include:<br />

● 08 880260 <strong>Space</strong>craft (including satellites) and suborbital and space-craft launch vehicles<br />

● 08 8802603000 Communicati<strong>on</strong>s satellites<br />

● 08 8803903000 Parts of communicati<strong>on</strong>s satellites<br />

● 08 8802609020 Military <strong>Space</strong>craft & Launch Vehicle (Excluding Communicati<strong>on</strong>s Satellite)<br />

● 08 8802609040 N<strong>on</strong>-Military <strong>Space</strong>craft & Launch Vehicle (Excluding Communicati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Satellite)<br />

Code 09: “Weap<strong>on</strong>s”<br />

This category primarily encompasses products with military applicati<strong>on</strong>, and includes<br />

such products as guided missiles and parts, bombs, torpedoes, mines, missiles, rocket<br />

launchers and some firearms. The codes pertinent for space include:<br />

● 9014204000 Automatic Pilots for Aer<strong>on</strong>autical/<strong>Space</strong> Navigati<strong>on</strong><br />

● 9014206000 Electrical Instrument, Aer<strong>on</strong>autical or <strong>Space</strong> Navigati<strong>on</strong><br />

● 9014208080 Instrument & appliances, Aer<strong>on</strong>autical/<strong>Space</strong> Navigati<strong>on</strong>, NESOI (Not<br />

Elsewhere Specified or Included in trade exports, customs)<br />

● 9027504050 Photometers<br />

Source: US Census Bureau (2008b) Foreign Trade Statistics – Advanced Technology Product Definiti<strong>on</strong>s, Washingt<strong>on</strong>, DC<br />

Available: www.census.gov/ [Accessed June].<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>OECD</str<strong>on</strong>g> HANDBOOK ON MEASURING THE SPACE ECONOMY © <str<strong>on</strong>g>OECD</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2012

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