Contributed by: James Harrigan
International Research
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
33 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10045
e-mail: james.harrigan@frbny.sprint.com
Description:Data on non-tariff barriers is collected by the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). These data consist of indicator variables at the tariff line level for about 20 different types of NTBs. The file NTB_OECD.ASC contains "coverage ratios" at the 3-digit ISIC level, which are measures of the percent of imports covered by one or more NTB, for the OECD countries in 1983. These coverage ratios are computed for three different types of NTBs (price, quantity, and threat) as well as for overall NTBs. The coverage ratio is a weighted average of the indicator variable (equal to zero or one) for that type of NTB, using the import value corresponding to that tariff line-item as weights. Additional details are provided in Harrigan (1993).
This data can be referenced to the paper:Record Layout:
Each record in the file NTB_OECD.ASC contains seven variables:
columns 1-3 - Importing country (see list below) columns 6-8 - Exporting country (see list below) columns 11-15 - 3-digit ISIC code (see list below) columns 17-25 - Price NTB coverage ratio on imports columns 28-36 - Quantity NTB coverage ratio on imports columns 41-47 - Threat NTB coverage ratio on imports columns 50-58 - Overall NTB coverage ratio on importsCountry List:
Importing countries:
Belgium (BLX), Finland (FIN), France (FRA), West Germany (GER), Italy (ITA), Japan (JPN), The Netherlands (NTH), Norway (NOR), United Kingdom (UKG), United States (USA).
Exporting Countries:Australia (AUS), Belgium (BLX), Canada (CAN), Finland (FIN), France (FRA), West Germany (GER), Italy (ITA), Japan (JPN), The Netherlands (NTH), Norway (NOR), Sweden (SWE), United Kingdom (UKG), United States (USA).
List of ISIC Industries:
The 3-digit level of the International Standard Industrial Classification System consists of 28 manufacturing categories, as follows:
311/2 Food manufacturing 313 Beverage industries 314 Tobacco industries 321 Manufacture of textiles 322 Manufacture of wearing apparel except footwear 323 Manufacture of leather products except footwear and apparel 324 Manufacture of footwear except rubber or plastic 331 Manufacture of wood, wood and cork products, except furniture 332 Manufacture of furniture, fixtures except primary metal 341 Manufacture of paper and paper products 342 Printing, publishing and allied products 351 Manufacture of industrial chemicals 352 Manufacture of other chemical products 353 Petroleum products 354 Miscellaneous products of petroleum and coal 355 Rubber products 356 Plastic products not elsewhere classified 361 Pottery, china and earthware 362 Glass and glass products 369 Other non-metallic mineral products 371 Iron and steel basic industries 372 Non-ferrous metal basic industries 381 Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment 383 Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and supplies 384 Transport equipment 385 Professional, scientific, measuring and control equipment 390 Other manufacturing industries
Size: NTB_OECD.ASC contains 3322 records.
Notes:The NTB_OECD.ASC data have the following summary statistics:
Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max ---------+----------------------------------------------------- NTB_Pric | 3322 .0423344 .1581397 0 1 NTB_Quan | 3322 .0906254 .2317797 0 1 NTB_Thr | 3322 .028373 .1202937 0 1 NTB_All | 3322 .1321363 .2711405 0 1