Section 9
Conversion Tables
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In January of 1989, The United States adopted the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (Harmonized System) as the nomenclature for classifying both exports and imports. The Harmonized System collects information based on the metric standard. The following tables will assist data users in converting to metric quantities and values.

CONVERSION TABLE
Factors to Convert Reported Units of Quantity to Harmonized System Units of Quantity

 


Reported Units of Quantity   HS Units of Quantity       Multiplication

Name/Abbreviation            Name/Abbrebiation          Factor to Convert

                                                        Reported Unit to HS



Barrel (BBL)                 Thousand cubicmeters (TCM)  0.0001590

Barrel (BBL)                 Liter (LTR)                 159.0

Board foot (BFT)             Cubic meter (CBM)           0.00236

Cubic foot (CF)              Cubic meter (CBM)           0.02832

Cubic yard (CYD)             Cubic meter (CBM)           0.7646

Content pound (CLB)          Content kilogram (CKG)      0.4536

Content pound (CLB)          Clean yield kilogram (CYK)  0.4536

Clean yield pound (CYP)      Clean yield kilogram (CYK)  0.4536

Clean yield pound (CYP)      Kg dry rubber content (KDR) 0.4536

Content ton (CTN)            Content ton (CTN)           0.9072

Cord (CD)                    Cubic meter (CBM)           2.550

Centimeter (CM)              Meter (MTR)                 0.010

Cubic centimeter (CC)        Liter (LTR)                 0.001

Cubic meter (CBM)            Liter (LTR)                 1000.

Cubic meter (CBM)            Thousand cubic meters (TCM) 0.001

Millicurie (MC)              Curie (CUR)                 0.0010

Curie (CUR)                  Millicurie (MC)             1000.

Dozen (DOZ)                  Pieces (PCS)                12.00

Dozen (DOZ)                  Dozen pair (DPR)            0.5000

Dozen (DOZ)                  Gross (GR)                  0.08333

Dozen (DOZ)                  Thousand (THS)              0.0120

Dozen (DOZ)                  Number (NO)                 12.00

Dozen pair (DPR)             Dozen (DOZ)                 2.000

Foot (FT)                    Meter (MTR)                 0.3048

Gallon (GAL)                 Liter (LTR)                 3.785

Gallon (GAL)                 Barrel (BBL)                0.02381

Gram (GM)                    Kilogram (KG)               0.001

Gross (GR)                   Number (NO)                 144.0

Gross (GR)                   Gross pair (GRP)            0.5000

Gross boxes (GBX)            Gross cartons (GCN)         1.000

Gross pound (GLB)            Gram (GM)                   453.6

Gross pound (GLB)            Gross kilogram (GKG)        0.4536

Gross pound (GLB)            Kilogram (KG)               0.4536

Gross metric ton (GTN)       Metric Ton (TON)            1.000

Hundredweight (CWT)          Kilogram (KG)               45.36

Hundredweight (CWT)          Metric Ton (TON)            0.04536

Kilogram (KG)                Metric ton (TON)            0.001

Kilogram (KG)                Gram (GM)                   1000.

Linear feet (LFT)            Meter (MTR)                 0.3048

Long ton (LTN)               Kilogram (KG)               1016.

Long ton (LTN)               Metric Ton (TON)            1.016

Liter (LTR)                  Cubic meter (CBM)           0.001

Meters (MTR)                 Thousand meters (THM)       0.001

Metric ton (TON)             Kilogram (KG)               1000.

Metric ton (TON)             Gross metric ton (GTN)      1.000

Metric ton (TON)             Barrel (BBL)                7.33331

Number (NO)                  Gross (GRS)                 0.006944

Number (NO)                  Gross pair (GPR)            0.003472

Number (NO)                  Pieces (PCS)                1.000

Number (NO)                  Thousand (THS)              0.0010

Ounces (OZ)                  Kilogram (KG)               0.02835

Ounces (OZ)                  Grams (GM)                  28.35

Pound (LB)                   Carat (CAR)                 2268.

Pound(LB)                    Gram (GM)                   453.6

Pound (LB)                   Kilogram (KG)               0.4536

Pound (LB)                   Metric Ton (TON)            0.0004536

Pound (LB)                   Gross kilogram (GKG)        0.4536

Pound (LB)                   Gross ton(GTN)              0.0004536

Pieces (PCS)                 Number (NO)                 1.000

Proof gallon (PFG)           Proof liter (PFL)           3.785

Pair (PR)                    Dozen (DOZ)                 0.1667

Square centimeter (SCM)      Square meter (SQM)          10000.

Square meter (SQM)           Square centimeter (SCM)     0.0001

Square feet (SFT)            Square meter (SQM)          0.0929

Square inch (SQT)            Square meter (SQM)          0.0006452

Square (SQ)                  Square (SQ)                 1.000

Square inch (SQT)            Square centimeter (SCM)     6.452

Square yard (SYD)            Square meter (SQM)          0.8361

Short ton (STN)              Kilogram (KG)               907.2

Short Ton (STN)              Metric Ton (TON)            0.9072

Short Ton (STN)              Gross Ton (GTN)             0.9072

Thousand cubic meters (TCM)  Cubic meters (CBM)          1000.

Thousand meters (THM)        Meters (MTR)                1000.

Thousand (THS)               Number (NO)                 1000.

Thousand board feet(MBF)     Cubic meters (CBM)          2.360

Thousand square ft (MSF)     Square meter (SQM)          92.90

Thousand cubic feet (MCF)    Thousand cubic meters (TCM) 0.02832

Thousand linear feet (MLF)   Linear meter (LNM)          304.8

Troy ounce (TOZ)             Gram (GM)                   31.10

Troy ounce (TOZ)             Gross kilogram (GKG)        0.03110

Wine gallon (WG)             Liter (LTR)                 3.785

Yard (YD)                    Meter (MTR)                 0.9144

 

Abbreviations for Units of Quantity

 


Abbreviation       Description



   A                Amperes

   AC               Alternating current

   BBL              Barrel

   BFT              Board Feet

   BU               Bushels

   CAR              Carets

   C                Celsius

   CG               Centigrams

   CMS              Centimeters

   CYK              Clean yield kilograms

   CYP              Clean yield pounds

   CGR              Content grams

   CKG              Content kilograms

   CMT              Content metric tons

   CLB              Content pounds

   CST              Content short tons

   CTN              Content tons

   CC               Cubic centimeters

   CFT              Cubic feet

   CBM              Cubic meter

   CYD              Cubic yards

   CUR              Curie

   DC               Direct current

   DOZ              Dozen

   DPR              Dozen pairs

   DPC              Dozen pieces

   JWL              Dutiable jewels

   FT               Feet

   FBM              Fiber meter

   GAL              Gallons

   GM               Grams

   GRS              Gross

   GBQ              Gigabecquerels

   GBX              Gross boxes

   GCN              Gross containers

   GKG              Gross kilograms

   GRL              Gross lines

   GTN              Gross metric ton

   GRP              Gross pair

   GLB              Gross pounds

   GKG              Gross yield kilograms

   GTN              Gross tons

   GVW              Gross vehicle weight

   HSP              Horsepower

   HND              Hundred

   CWT              Hundred weight

   IN               Inches

   KG               Kilograms

   KGS              Kilogram Total Sugars

   KDR              Kilogram dry rubber content

   KW               Kilowatts

   KWH              Kilowatt hour

   LNM              Linear meter

   LTR              Liters

   LT               Long tons

   BRU              Mechanical brushes

   MBQ              Megabecquerels

   MCU              Micro-Curie

   MTR              Meters

   MTN              Metric tons

   MC               Millicuries

   ML               Milliliters

   MM               Millimeters

   MUN              Million Units

   NESOI            Not elsewhere specified or included

   NO               Number

   OZ               Ounces

   ODE              Ozone depletion equivalent

   PKS              Packs

   PRS              Pairs

   PCS              Pieces

   LBS              Pounds

   PFG              Proof gallons

   PFL              Proof liters

   RPM              Revolutions per minute

   RBA              Running bales

   SET              Set

   STN              Short tons

   SSG              Single-strength gallon

   SQ               Square

   SCM              Square centimeters

   SFT              Square feet

   SQM              Square meters

   SYD              Square yards

   THS              Thousands

   MBF              Thousand board feet

   MCF              Thousand cubic feet

   TCM              Thousand cubic meters

   MLF              Thousand linear feet

   MYD              Thousand linear yards

   THM              Thousand meters

   MSF              Thousand square feet

   TNV              Ton raw value (metric)

   TOZ              Troy ounces

   VA               Voltampere

   VOL              Volume

   WT               Weight

   WG               Wine gallons

   YDS              Yards

   X                No unit of quantity required

 

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Created: 13 May 2002
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