How do I match Indian NIC code (National Industrial Classification
Codes) to India ITC (HS) 4-digit codes. The NIC codes are used to
classify industries in the ASI (Annual Survey of Industies) and the
NSS (National Sample Survey). The ITC codes are used for trade
statistics in India (i.e. classifying imports and exports of
products). The NIC codes and the ITC 4-digit codes can be found on
http://www.mit.edu/~petia/ in excel format. I am willing to pay up
to 50$ if you are able to help me. Thanks a lot, Petia |
Request for Question Clarification by
scriptor-ga
on
17 Nov 2002 17:22 PST
Dear petia,
After first inspection of both tables, I came to the conclusion that
both code systems are structured completely different. So there seems
not to be a way find the counterpart to a code by any static formula.
It might sound a bit naive, but in my opinion there is only one method
to match both code systems: By manually searching the counterpart(s)
each code has in the other system and making up a table for quick
reference. Would that be what you have in mind? Please let me know
whether I'm right, and I will start working on it.
Best regards,
Scriptor
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Clarification of Question by
petia-ga
on
17 Nov 2002 20:17 PST
Manual matching might indeed be the only way to link the 2 tables.
Please proceed with creating the linking table.
Thanks
petia
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Request for Question Clarification by
scriptor-ga
on
18 Nov 2002 05:16 PST
Dear petia,
I will start working on it. It might take a couple of days, please be patient.
Best regards,
Scriptor
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Request for Question Clarification by
scriptor-ga
on
18 Nov 2002 08:58 PST
Dear petia,
I am shamefaced, but I give up. I have spent hours detecting a tiny
number of roughly matching categories from both tables. But the
systems of classification are absolutely incompatible. It is much
worse than I thought after first inspection of the datasets.
Maybe another Researcher with more patience or a better method of
creating a linking table will be successful; I wish my colleagues the
best.
Regards,
Scriptor
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