A data frame that contains all CN8 product codes and their history over time for the demanded time period. This dataset is the basis for the main function harmonize_cn8() and can be obtained therewith as well. The following table offers an overview of all provided variables.
Variable
Explanation
CN8_xxxx
character; a specific CN8 code in a given year
flag
numeric; integer from 0 to 3; 1 indicates that this code remained the same in notation over the whole time period but was split or merged in addition; 2 indicates that this code is either new or was dropped during the period of interest
flagyear
numeric; indicates the first year in which the flag was set
Arguments
b
first year of interest
e
last year of interest
c1
first year of the concordance list
c2
last year of the concordance list
progress
logical, determines whether progress is printed in console or not.