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You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure: Using "UTO" USA Trade Online

It is certainly true in the food export business. Any company needs to know what the value and volume are to each market as well as the average unit price, method of shipment and port of departure in many cases. The Census Bureau's "USA Trade Online" (UTO) is a great way to easily obtain all that information but remains largely unknown. Join us as we connect the dots between the Harmonized System (HS) codes and how to use your HS code and Schedule B numbers to obtain high quality export statistical data at no cost to you. Topics include:

  • What is USA Trade Online (UTO)?
  • Use Export Data to Begin Market Research
  • Origin of Export Statistics
  • Note on the Origin of Movement vs. Port of Export
  • Harmonized System (HS) District-Level Data
  • HS Port-Level Data
  • State Export Data (Origin of Movement
  • Differences between FAS’s Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) and UTO
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