Harmonized System commodity code

The hierarchical tariff classification at 2-, 4-, 6- and 10-digit level that serves as the commodity dimension of the Census trade APIs, with HS chapter 85 covering the electrical and electronics goods that dominate EMS supply chains.

In this catalog it appears concretely: - Census Time-Series Exports by HS Code – Monthly API and Census Time-Series Imports by HS Code – Monthly API (granularity) — "HS 2-, 4-, 6- and 10-digit commodity codes x district x country x transport mode". - International Trade Data Hub (tagging) — 'harmonized-system'. - U.S. Census Foreign Trade — U.S. Trade in Goods by Country (HS 9503/9506) — HS 9503 toys and HS 9506 sports equipment detail available via USA Trade Online.

Digit depth is the column you actually need. If a source stops at 6 digits where your model needs 10, no amount of surrounding richness rescues the analysis.

The failure mode is concrete: a source can carry the Harmonized System commodity code label while stopping at 6-digit codes where you needed 10. Comparing two sources on that line settles the choice faster than any feature matrix.

You rarely have to take a vendor's word for it. 82.4% of the 1,744 datasets Datadory catalogs are free to access, and Census Foreign Trade – Schedule B / HS-Based Trade Statistics lets you inspect the real artifact before any budget is committed.

Treat every claim of this attribute as testable:

1. Read Census Time-Series Exports by HS Code – Monthly API and its imports twin: their granularity is "HS 2-, 4-, 6- and 10-digit commodity codes x district x country x transport mode" — confirm the digit depth matches your need. 2. Check the tag list on both trade API datasets — 'harmonized-system' and 'hs-chapter-85' — against the delivered files. 3. Confirm classification breadth.

Field definitions are verified for 1495 of 1,744 cataloged datasets (85.7%) — a bar any HS-coded source you license should meet. 22.6% of the catalog refreshes daily.

Adjacent concepts worth reading next: - bulk export - CIF value and calculated duty - customs district - NAICS industry classification - pce price index - commercial delivery terms us government work