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  ABBREVIATIONS FOR UNITS OF QUANTITY

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 table will assist data users in determination of Quantity Unit of Measure abbreviations.

Units of quantity shown are published in terms of the units specified in the Schedule B (Exports) and HTSUSA (Imports) for each classification.

Units of Measure
24LBC 24-Pound Cartons 24PCS 24-Pound Cases
42LBC 42-Pound Cartons 42PCS 42-Pound Cases
45LBC 45-Pound Cartons 45PCS 45-Pound Cases
46PBX 46-Pound Boxes 48PBU 48-Pound Bushels
48PBX 48-Pound Boxes 50PBX 50-Pound Boxes
56PBU 56-Pound Bushels 60KGB 60 Kilogram Bags
60PBG 60-Pound Bags 60PBU 60-Pound Bushels
70PBX 70-Pound Boxes 76PBX 76-Pound Boxes
78PBX 78-Pound Boxes 80PBX 80-Pound Boxes
84PBX 84-Pound Boxes AOZ Avoirdupois Ounces
BALES Bales BU Bushels
BUGEQ Bushels - Grain Eq. C21/2 Cases of 24 2 1/2
CFT Cubic Feet CKG KG Content--Wrapper Tbcco
CLB Clean Pounds CMT Metric Tons, Clean
CNTKG KG Content--Foreign Tbcco CORD Cord
CRT Crates CS303 Cases of 24 303
CWT CWT (Hundred Weight) CYK Clean Yield Kilogram
DOZ Dozen DOZPR Dozen Pairs
DS Doses FT Feet
G Gram GAL Gallons
GBE Bags, GBE GKG Kilograms (Gross Weight)
GLB Greasy Pounds GMT Metric Tons, Greasy
GROSS Gross HD Head
HL Hectoliters (100 Liters) KG Kilograms
KGAL Thousand Gallons KGMSC Milk Solids Content in KG
KGT KG TTL SUGARS KL Thousand Liters
LB Pounds LBFSW LB, Farm Sales Wgt. Eq.
LBMEQ Pounds - Milled Eq. LFT Linear Feet
LITER Liters LITPF Liters, Proof Gal. Eq.
LITSS Liters, Single Str. Eq. LTN Long Tons
LYD Linear Yards M2 Square Meters
M3 Cubic Meters MBF 1,000 Board Feet
METER Meters (Linear) MFT 1,000 Feet
MHD 1,000 Head MLFT 1,000 Linear Feet
MMT 1,000 Metric Tons MPCS 1,000 Pieces
MSFT 1,000 Square Feet MSFT8 1,000 Square Feet (1/8)
MT Metric Tons MT50% Metric Tons (50% Convrtd)
MTDW Metric Tons, Dry-Wt Basis MTFSW MT, Farm Sales Wgt. Eq.
MTGEQ Metric Tons Grains Eq. MTMEQ Metric Tons Milled Eq.
MTSHL Metric Tons - Shelled Eq. MYD 1,000 Yards
NO Numbers NONE Undefined Units
OZ Ounces PCS Pieces
PENGR Pencil Gross PFG Proof Gallons
PRS Pairs RBA Running Bales
SET Set SFT Square Feet
SIN Square Inches SQ Squares
SSG Single Strength Gallons STBL Statistical Bales
STN Short Tons SYD Square Yards
T Tons TADW Air Dry Weight in Tons
THNDS 1,000 Units TNV Tons, Raw Value (Sugar)
WG Wine Gallons X Unspecified Units
YD Yards    

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