International Trade Classification

Question

Students here are looking at the prospect of analyzing trade statistics for renewable energy technologies (e.g., windmills and components). Are these components explicitly identified in the SITC (and if so, where)?

Answers

1. The classification system of goods does not define whether the commodities are used for specific reasons (eg. energy). I did visit the Canadian International Merchandise Trade page
http://www.statcan.ca/trade/scripts/trade_search.cgi
and performed a keyword search for "windmills." I got some results and the codes that accompany the commodity. You can maybe use that code to access data through the Stats Can trade databases.

I always find this to be a useful tool to find commodity codes.

2. There's an outline of the SITC (4-digit) at:
http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/trade/sitc3-4.html

Code 7189 contains: Power generating machinery and parts thereof, n.e.s.: Engines and motors, n.e.s. (e.g., wind engines and hot air engines) and parts thereof, including parts of reaction engines (other than turbo jet parts).