Foreign Trade
Data Set (DS) | NMFS Office of Science and Technology (OST)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:3480 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
Summary
Short Citation
NMFS Office of Science and Technology, 2025: Foreign Trade, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/3480.
Full Citation Examples
The Foreign Trade database has monthly volume and value information for US imports, exports, and re-exports of fishery or fishery derived products. Data is aggregated monthly, but is separated by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) product code port of entry and partner country. These data are published by the U.S. Census Bureau, the subset of fishery products is extracted by NMFS/Fishery Statistics.
Distribution Information
No Distributions available.
Access Constraints:None
None
Child Items
| Type | Title |
|---|---|
| Entity | American Samoa Tuna Imports |
| Entity | Census Exports |
| Entity | Census Imports |
| Entity | Customs Import: Brokers |
| Entity | Fishery Products |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Michael K Liddel
michael.liddel@noaa.gov
301-427-8139
Metadata Contact
Michael K Liddel
michael.liddel@noaa.gov
301-427-8139
Extents
NOT APPLICABLE
1975-01-01 - Present
Data set covers trade from 1975 to the present
Item Identification
| Title: | Foreign Trade |
|---|---|
| Short Name: | Foreign Trade |
| Status: | In Work |
| Abstract: |
The Foreign Trade database has monthly volume and value information for US imports, exports, and re-exports of fishery or fishery derived products. Data is aggregated monthly, but is separated by Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) product code port of entry and partner country. These data are published by the U.S. Census Bureau, the subset of fishery products is extracted by NMFS/Fishery Statistics. |
| Purpose: |
Provide monthly data on foreign trade in fishery products. The Division provides authoritative advice, coordination and guidance on matters related to the collection, analysis and dissemination of biological, economic, market and sociological statistics by NMFS and state agencies. Administer surveys used to estimate recreational landings. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
| Thesaurus | Keyword |
|---|---|
| UNCONTROLLED | |
| None | Exports |
| None | Fishery Products |
| None | Foreign Trade |
| None | Imports |
Physical Location
| Organization: | NMFS Office of Science and Technology |
|---|---|
| City: | Silver Spring |
| State/Province: | MD |
| Country: | USA |
| Location Description: |
1315 East West Highway Silver Spring MD, 20910 |
Data Set Information
| Data Set Scope Code: | Data Set |
|---|---|
| Data Set Type: | Oracle Database |
| Maintenance Frequency: | Monthly |
| Data Presentation Form: | Table (digital) |
| Entity Attribute Detail URL: | http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/commercial-fisheries/foreign-trade/index |
Support Roles
Data Steward
| Date Effective From: | 2005-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Liddel, Michael K |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8139 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Distributor
| Date Effective From: | 2011-09 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Liddel, Michael K |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8139 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
| Contact Instructions: |
michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
Metadata Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Liddel, Michael K |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8139 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Point of Contact
| Date Effective From: | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Liddel, Michael K |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | michael.liddel@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8139 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Publisher
| Date Effective From: | 2005-01-01 |
|---|---|
| Date Effective To: | |
| Contact (Person): | Van Voorhees, David A |
| Address: |
1315 East West Hwy Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 USA |
| Email Address: | dave.van.voorhees@noaa.gov |
| Phone: | 301-427-8189 |
| Fax: | 301-713-1875 |
Extents
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
| Description |
NOT APPLICABLE |
|
|---|---|---|
Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
| Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
|---|---|
| Start: | 1975-01-01 |
| Description: |
Data set covers trade from 1975 to the present |
Access Information
| Security Class: | Sensitive |
|---|---|
| Security Classification System: |
None |
| Data Access Policy: |
Public Information |
| Data Access Procedure: |
Data is available online |
| Data Access Constraints: |
None |
| Data Use Constraints: |
None |
| Metadata Access Constraints: |
None |
| Metadata Use Constraints: |
None |
URLs
URL 1
| URL: | http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/commercial-fisheries/foreign-trade/index |
|---|---|
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
|
| File Resource Format: | HTML |
| Description: |
U.S. Foreign Trade in Fishery products. Accessible via various web based queries. |
URL 2
| URL: | http://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/commercial-fisheries/foreign-trade/applications/build-a-data-base |
|---|---|
| URL Type: |
Online Resource
|
| File Resource Format: | Delimited File |
| Description: |
The NOAA Fisheries, Fisheries Statistics Division has automated data summary programs that anyone can use to rapidly and easily summarize U.S. commercial fisheries landings. |
Technical Environment
| Description: |
Oracle database schema FTS@//shark2.nmfs.noaa.gov:1522/nstp |
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Data Quality
| Quality Control Procedures Employed: |
Data is originally published by US Census Bureau and data quality control is done by that agency |
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Data Management
| Have Resources for Management of these Data Been Identified?: | Yes |
|---|---|
| Approximate Percentage of Budget for these Data Devoted to Data Management: | Unknown |
| Do these Data Comply with the Data Access Directive?: | Yes |
| Is Access to the Data Limited Based on an Approved Waiver?: | Yes |
| If Distributor (Data Hosting Service) is Needed, Please Indicate: | Oracle database required |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Dissemination: | 45 Days |
| If Delay is Longer than Latency of Automated Processing, Indicate Under What Authority Data Access is Delayed: |
Manual data processing required |
| Actual or Planned Long-Term Data Archive Location: | To Be Determined |
| If To Be Determined, Unable to Archive, or No Archiving Intended, Explain: |
It will be archived in accordance with ST6 data archiving plans |
| Approximate Delay Between Data Collection and Archiving: | Unknown |
| How Will the Data Be Protected from Accidental or Malicious Modification or Deletion Prior to Receipt by the Archive?: |
This application is hosted by the Office of Science and Technology within the NOAA System 4020 and is compliant with all applicable Federal Government security policies. Edit access to data is subject to role-based authentication and access control. |
Lineage
| Lineage Statement: |
These data are downloaded from the US Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division each month from http://www.census.gov/trade/downloads/dvdmenu/ A subset of the downloaded data is created based on the fishery derived products from FTS.FTS_PRODUCTS. These data are then loaded in to the Census Import and Export tables, FTS.FTS_CENSUS_IMPORTS and FTS.FTS_CENSUS_EXPORTS |
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Sources
US Census Bureau Merchandise Trade
| Contact Name: | US Census Bureau |
|---|---|
| Extent Type: | Continuing |
| Extent Start Date/Time: | 2010-01-01 |
| Citation URL: | http://www.census.gov/trade/downloads/dvdmenu/ |
Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
|
Type | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Entity | American Samoa Tuna Imports | |
| Entity | Census Exports | |
| Entity | Census Imports | |
| Entity | Customs Import: Brokers | |
| Entity | Fishery Products |
Catalog Details
| Catalog Item ID: | 3480 |
|---|---|
| GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:3480 |
| Metadata Record Created By: | Shirley Jeoffroy |
| Metadata Record Created: | 2007-01-12 04:38+0000 |
| Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
| Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:10+0000 |
| Metadata Record Published: | 2017-01-18 |
| Owner Org: | OST |
| Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
| Do Not Publish?: | N |
| Metadata Last Review Date: | 2017-01-18 |
| Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
| Metadata Next Review Date: | 2018-01-18 |