PSA Releases the 2015 Philippine Standard Commodity Classification

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
PUILIPPINE STETISTICS AUTHORITY
DATE OF RELEASE:
March 31,2016
Contact Persons: ANS Candido J. Astrologo, Jr.
Ms. Severa B. De Costo
Telephone
E-mail:
Nos.:
P.R. No.2016-041
Ms. Louella R. Ragos
(632) 376-1928 I 376-1931
C.Astrologo@Psa.oov.Ph
s.decosto@Psa'oov.Ph
l.raqos@Psa.qov-Ph
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PSA Releases the 2015 Philippine Standard
CommoditY Classification (PSGC)
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The philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has completed the online database of the
2015 Phiiippine Standard Commodity Classification (PSCC), integrating-the
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Harmonized Tariff
Association
(AHTN)
based on the Harmonized Commodity Descriptio_n and
Nomenclature
Coding System (HS) issued by the World Customs Organizations (WCO) and
Standird internationalTrade Classification (SITC) by the United Nations Statistics
Division (UNSD). The 2015 PSCC replaces the 2004 PSCC which was aligned
with the 2002 HS and20Q4 AHTN.
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T'he online database is now available on the PSA website and can be accessed
for f ree at http ://n ap. psa. g ov. ph/activestats/pscc/
The pSCC is a detailed classification of all commodities on imports and exports
being used for tariff and statistical purposes. lt serves as a standard statistical
nom6nclature for economic analysis as well as for planning and policy formulation;
as a standard scheme on commodity groupings or classes necessary for
maintaining continuity of existing series on trade statistics and for international
comparabillty of the iountry's trade statistics; and as an aid in the implementation
of tariff and trade regulations.
1O-digit codes were provided for the following
products: (a) new commodities such as barong tagalog, bluetooth devices, and
i.fSA; (b) prohibited or regulated products for export as per existing laws, trade
and directives like sea horse, agar wood, and mangrove, etc'; and (c)
"gr""*"nis previously lumped under the residual category "other". having
cimmodities
significant exporUimpori trade value were highlighted. Other changes include the
foiiowing: (1)'reclassified/highlighted various coconut products to be at par with
similar firoducts and command better prices in the international market; and (2) a
in the description of Section X to include recovered (waste and
slight
"hange
scrap) paper or paperboard.
ln the 2015 PSCC, separate
The 2015 pSCC now includes one-to-one correspondence with the 2004 PSCC,
2007 AHTN, and the 2012 AHTN which is in line with the ASEAN's thrust to
harmonize commodity classification towards the ASEAN regional integration.
The interagency PSA Technical Committee on Statistical Standards and
Classificatiins (1CSSC) and its Technical Working Group on Commodity
Classification tiWCCCi chaired by the Tariff Commission reviewed and
recommended the adoption of the 2015 PSCC in the Philippine Statistical System
(PSS).
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The PSA Executive Board approved the 2015 PSCC and prescribed its adoption in the PSS
on December 28,2015 through PSA Resolution No. 5, Series of 2015.
For further information, please contact the Statistical Classifications Division (SCD) of the
Censuses and Technical Coordination Office (CTCO) at telephone numbered 376-1867,
telefax numbered 376-1928, or e-mail: s.decosto@psa.gov.ph/l.ragos@psa.gov.ph.
All agencies are enjoined to adopt the 2015 PSCC.
FOR THE NATIONAL STATISTICIAN:
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Officer-in-Charge
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