Census Posts 2005 Schedule B on its Web Site
The 2005 Schedule B is now available on the Bureau of Census' (Census) Web site for browsing and downloading. (Census notes that the 2005 Schedule B search files are currently being processed and will be available at a future date.)
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Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the U.S., is the official schedule of commodity classifications to be used by shippers in reporting export shipments from the U.S. and in compiling the official statistics on exports of merchandise from the U.S.
List of Changes That Have Been Made to the 2004 Schedule B alsoavailable
Census has also posted to its Web site a list of changes that have been made to Schedule B effective January 2005. These changes include the deletion of certain previously used Schedule B numbers and the replacement of certain previously used Schedule B numbers with new Schedule B numbers.
(Census also makes available on its Web site a list of changes that were made to the 2004 Schedule B as of January 2004. The 2004 version of Schedule B, which can be browsed, searched, and downloaded, is alsoavailable on its Web site.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 01/06/05 news, 05010630, for BP summary on Census' list of 186 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers that are invalid for use in the Automated Export System (AES) as of January 1, 2005, which will instead require the reporting through the use of the appropriate Schedule B number.)
2005 Schedule B available at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/.
Census' list of changes to the 2005 Schedule B available at
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/b/index.htmlobsolete.