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daVich: Import price of wooden beds from Vietnam anc China

Description

This data set contains two unit import prices of wooden beds from Vietnam and China to the United States. ll{ vietnam Monthly price over Janurary 2002 to Janurary 2010 from Vietnam. china Monthly price over Janurary 2002 to Janurary 2010 from China. }

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A monthly time series from Janurary 2002 to Janurary 2010 with 97 observations for each of the two series.

source

U.S. ITC, 2010. Interactive tariff and trade data web. http://dataweb.usitc.gov (Assecced on March 1, 2010).

Details

Under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) system, the commodity of wooden beds is classified as HTS 9403.50.9040. The monthly cost-insurance-freight values in dollar and quantities in piece are reported by country from U.S. ITC (2010). The unit price ($/piece) is calculated as the ratio of value over quantity by country.

References

Sun, C. 2011. Price dynamics in the import wooden bed market of the United States. Under preparation.

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