Quarterly SITC Sections

The Standard international trade classification, abbreviated as SITC, is a product classification of the United Nations (UN) used for external trade statistics, allowing for international comparisons of commodities and manufactured goods. Similarly to the Harmonized System (HS), the SITC uses a standardised coding system to classify traded merchandise. The categories are different from the HS in that it looks at the function and economic uses of the product as opposed to the material composition. The United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC) maintains the classification revisions.

The SITC is categorised by Sections and further broken down by Divisions and then into Groups.