Product classification

Product classification or product taxonomy is a type of economic taxonomy which organizes products for a variety of purposes.

Some standard product classifications include:

• CPA — Classification of Products by Activity, a product nomenclature that was used in the European Economic Community and now in use in the EU, a European version of the СPC
  • CPA 1996^[1]
  • CPA 2002
  • CPA 2008^[2]
  • CPA 2.1^[3]
• CPC — Central Product Classification, a United Nations standard classification for products
• ETIM, the European Technical Information Model
• Global Classification and Harmonized Schedule Numbers for customs classification
• HS — Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
• SITC — Standard International Trade Classification
• Trade in Services
• UNSPSC, the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code

See also

• Industry classification

Notes

1. ↑ CPA 1996 - Statistical classification of products by activity in the European Economic Community // Eurostat
2. ↑ Statistical classification of products by activity in the European Economic Community, 2008 version
3. ↑ Statistical Classification of Products by Activity, Version 2.1

References

• CPA 2.1 at the Eurostat website
• United Nations Statistical Commission, "International Family of Economic and Social Classifications", p. 5 PDF