Product classification or product taxonomy is a type of economic taxonomy which organizes products for a variety of purposes. However, not only products can be referred to in a standardized way but also sales practices in form of the “Incoterms” and industries can be classified into categories.
Some standard product classifications include:
* CPA — Classification of Products by Activity, a product nomenclature that was used in the European Economic Community and now in use in the European Union, EU, a European version of the Central Product Classification, CPC
** CPA 1996
** CPA 2002
** CPA 2008
** CPA 2.1
Statistical Classification of Products by Activity, Version 2.1
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* CPC — Central Product Classification, a United Nations standard classification for products
* ETIM (standard), ETIM, the ETIM Technical Information Model
* Global Classification and Harmonized Schedule Numbers for customs classification
* HS — Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System
* SITC — Standard International Trade Classification
* Trade in Services
* UNSPSC, the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code
* IEC Common Data Dictionary, product classifications defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission
* eCl@ss, a global and ISO/IEC-conform system for classification and description of products and services, maintained by the non-governmental eCl@ss e.V. association
See also
* Industry classification
Notes
References
CPA 2.1
at the Eurostat website
* United Nations Statistical Commission, "International Family of Economic and Social Classifications", p.
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