# Global Import-Export Product Summary (Reference snapshot)

A reference list of product codes and descriptions, their HS chapter and heading, and available product characteristics such as price range and trade type.

## What one row represents
one product code

## Included measures and context
- HS code, description, chapter, and heading
- Product substitution-elasticity measure
- Price-range and trade-type labels where available

## Metric notes
- HS6 codes identify products at the six-digit Harmonized System level.

## Fields
Column names are shown exactly as they appear in the Parquet file. The schema lists the same fields, and the sample file shows example values.

- `hs_code` — `string`
- `hs_description` — `string`
- `hs_chapter` — `string`
- `hs_heading` — `string`
- `substitution_elasticity` — `float64`
- `price_range_label` — `string`
- `trade_type_label` — `string`

## Coverage and size
- Coverage: Reference snapshot without a trade-year column
- Records: 6,878
- Parquet file size: 250 KB
- Release: 1.0.0
- SHA-256: `58722327590582356680f6f9c684d94746755ee1d740bfae0eadc1b83284e5bd`

## Files
- `data.parquet` — complete dataset
- `manifest.json` — dataset description, coverage, record count, and download details
- `schema.json` — field names, row definition, included measures, and metric notes
- `sample.json` — example records
- `README.md` — these notes

## Read the Parquet file with Python
```python
import pandas as pd

data = pd.read_parquet("data.parquet")
print(data.head())
```

Install `pandas` and `pyarrow` if they are not already available: `python -m pip install pandas pyarrow`.

## Sources and related files
- OECD BIMTS HS2017-6D
- Dataset page: https://www.yugalinks.com/datasets/import-export/import-export-product-summary-v1/
- Original dataset record: https://huggingface.co/datasets/yugalinks/import-export-product-summary-v1