Michael Baker - Thesis - Problems in Longterm Forecasting and Planning
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Different commodity classification systems are used for each mode of freight transport. Those used for the road goods surveys are base upon the Commodity Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe (CSTE) (United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe 1968). The National Ports Council (NPC) code used for the port statistics is based upon the Standard International Trade Classification (Revised) (STIC(R), United Nations 1961).
The relationship between the road goods survey classifications and the CSTE is given in The Transport of Goods by Road in Great Britain 1973 (Department of the Environment 1975d). That between the NPC code and the SITC(R) is given in the Digest of Port Statistics (National Ports Council annual). The Commodity Classification for Transport Statistics in Europe (CSTE) (United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe 1968) gives the relationship between the CSTE and the SITC(R).
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