International Business Research

Abbreviation

Full Name

Note

  NAICS

  North American Industry Classification System

  Compatible with ISIC 

  SIC

  Standard Industrial Classification

  Replaced by NAICS

  SITC

  United Nations Standard International Trade Classification

  Sponsor: UN  

  ISIC

  International Standard Industrial Classification

  Sponsor: UN

  UKSIC

  United Kingdom’s Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities

  Sponsor: UK Office of National Statistics

  GICS

  Global Industry Classification System

  Sponsor: Standard & Poor’s

Abbreviation

Full Name

Note

  CPC

  Central Product Classification

  Sponsor: UN

  CPA

  Classification of Products by Activity

  Sponsor: EU

  UNSPSC

  United Nations Standard Products and Services Code

  HS

  Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System

  Sponsor: UN

  HTS

  Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States

  Sponsor: US International Trade Commission

  Schedule B

  Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States

  9,000 export codes