EP 1130-2-520
29 Nov 96
d. Commodity Codes.
(1) The commodity classification system used in the
waterborne commerce statistics program is taken from the Standard Industrial Trade Classification
(SITC), Revision 3, which conforms to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding
System (HS). Using SITC, Rev. 3, allows direct comparisons with U.S. imports and exports as
well as with commodity movements of other countries.
(2) Statistics for the commodity "Salt" code 27830 at ports and on waterways in
the Great Lakes System, Mississippi River System, and Gulf Coast Harbors and Waterways tend to
reveal the operations of individual shippers. Accordingly, statistics on salt will not be published in
Parts 2 and 3 of Waterborne Commerce of the United States and for the domestic traffic in Part 5
of that publication. The tonnages of salt will be combined with the tonnage of Non-Metallic
Minerals NEC, commodity code 4900.
P-3. Administrative Forms.
a. The Commercial Statistics Transfer Sheet, ENG Form 3925, used to facilitate data entry
operations and is prepared from the vessel operation report using the codes assigned to the various
elements.
(1) Vessel Code Index Card, ENG Form 3927.
(a) A vessel code index card or an authorized automated
equivalent must be kept for every vessel for which reports are collected, with the exception of
fishing craft and small (under 5 NRT) boom boats used in local logging operations.
(b) The vessel code index card (ENG Form 3927) carries a complete description of the
vessel, the vessel code, the operator's name and code, etc. It also provides spaces to show the last
location of the vessel on which reports have been received; the latter spaces are used for reporting
control of coastwise and lakewise vessels.
(2) The Commercial Statistics Transfer Sheet, ENG Form 3929. This form is used to
facilitate data entry operations and is prepared from the vessel operation report using the codes
assigned to the various elements.
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