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 tables
will assist data users in converting to metric quantities and
values.
CONVERSION TABLE
Factors to Convert Reported Units of Quantity to Harmonized
System Units of Quantity
Reported Units of Quantity HS Units of Quantity Multiplication
Name/Abbreviation Name/Abbrebiation Factor to Convert
Reported Unit to HS
Barrel (BBL) Thousand cubicmeters (TCM) 0.0001590
Barrel (BBL) Liter (LTR) 159.0
Board foot (BFT) Cubic meter (CBM) 0.00236
Cubic foot (CF) Cubic meter (CBM) 0.02832
Cubic yard (CYD) Cubic meter (CBM) 0.7646
Content pound (CLB) Content kilogram (CKG) 0.4536
Content pound (CLB) Clean yield kilogram (CYK) 0.4536
Clean yield pound (CYP) Clean yield kilogram (CYK) 0.4536
Clean yield pound (CYP) Kg dry rubber content (KDR) 0.4536
Content ton (CTN) Content ton (CTN) 0.9072
Cord (CD) Cubic meter (CBM) 2.550
Centimeter (CM) Meter (MTR) 0.010
Cubic centimeter (CC) Liter (LTR) 0.001
Cubic meter (CBM) Liter (LTR) 1000.
Cubic meter (CBM) Thousand cubic meters (TCM) 0.001
Millicurie (MC) Curie (CUR) 0.0010
Curie (CUR) Millicurie (MC) 1000.
Dozen (DOZ) Pieces (PCS) 12.00
Dozen (DOZ) Dozen pair (DPR) 0.5000
Dozen (DOZ) Gross (GR) 0.08333
Dozen (DOZ) Thousand (THS) 0.0120
Dozen (DOZ) Number (NO) 12.00
Dozen pair (DPR) Dozen (DOZ) 2.000
Foot (FT) Meter (MTR) 0.3048
Gallon (GAL) Liter (LTR) 3.785
Gallon (GAL) Barrel (BBL) 0.02381
Gram (GM) Kilogram (KG) 0.001
Gross (GR) Number (NO) 144.0
Gross (GR) Gross pair (GRP) 0.5000
Gross boxes (GBX) Gross cartons (GCN) 1.000
Gross pound (GLB) Gram (GM) 453.6
Gross pound (GLB) Gross kilogram (GKG) 0.4536
Gross pound (GLB) Kilogram (KG) 0.4536
Gross metric ton (GTN) Metric Ton (TON) 1.000
Hundredweight (CWT) Kilogram (KG) 45.36
Hundredweight (CWT) Metric Ton (TON) 0.04536
Kilogram (KG) Metric ton (TON) 0.001
Kilogram (KG) Gram (GM) 1000.
Linear feet (LFT) Meter (MTR) 0.3048
Long ton (LTN) Kilogram (KG) 1016.
Long ton (LTN) Metric Ton (TON) 1.016
Liter (LTR) Cubic meter (CBM) 0.001
Meters (MTR) Thousand meters (THM) 0.001
Metric ton (TON) Kilogram (KG) 1000.
Metric ton (TON) Gross metric ton (GTN) 1.000
Metric ton (TON) Barrel (BBL) 7.33331
Number (NO) Gross (GRS) 0.006944
Number (NO) Gross pair (GPR) 0.003472
Number (NO) Pieces (PCS) 1.000
Number (NO) Thousand (THS) 0.0010
Ounces (OZ) Kilogram (KG) 0.02835
Ounces (OZ) Grams (GM) 28.35
Pound (LB) Carat (CAR) 2268.
Pound(LB) Gram (GM) 453.6
Pound (LB) Kilogram (KG) 0.4536
Pound (LB) Metric Ton (TON) 0.0004536
Pound (LB) Gross kilogram (GKG) 0.4536
Pound (LB) Gross ton(GTN) 0.0004536
Pieces (PCS) Number (NO) 1.000
Proof gallon (PFG) Proof liter (PFL) 3.785
Pair (PR) Dozen (DOZ) 0.1667
Square centimeter (SCM) Square meter (SQM) 10000.
Square meter (SQM) Square centimeter (SCM) 0.0001
Square feet (SFT) Square meter (SQM) 0.0929
Square inch (SQT) Square meter (SQM) 0.0006452
Square (SQ) Square (SQ) 1.000
Square inch (SQT) Square centimeter (SCM) 6.452
Square yard (SYD) Square meter (SQM) 0.8361
Short ton (STN) Kilogram (KG) 907.2
Short Ton (STN) Metric Ton (TON) 0.9072
Short Ton (STN) Gross Ton (GTN) 0.9072
Thousand cubic meters (TCM) Cubic meters (CBM) 1000.
Thousand meters (THM) Meters (MTR) 1000.
Thousand (THS) Number (NO) 1000.
Thousand board feet(MBF) Cubic meters (CBM) 2.360
Thousand square ft (MSF) Square meter (SQM) 92.90
Thousand cubic feet (MCF) Thousand cubic meters (TCM) 0.02832
Thousand linear feet (MLF) Linear meter (LNM) 304.8
Troy ounce (TOZ) Gram (GM) 31.10
Troy ounce (TOZ) Gross kilogram (GKG) 0.03110
Wine gallon (WG) Liter (LTR) 3.785
Yard (YD) Meter (MTR) 0.9144
Abbreviation Description
A Amperes
AC Alternating current
BBL Barrel
BFT Board Feet
BU Bushels
CAR Carets
C Celsius
CG Centigrams
CMS Centimeters
CYK Clean yield kilograms
CYP Clean yield pounds
CGR Content grams
CKG Content kilograms
CMT Content metric tons
CLB Content pounds
CST Content short tons
CTN Content tons
CC Cubic centimeters
CFT Cubic feet
CBM Cubic meter
CYD Cubic yards
CUR Curie
DC Direct current
DOZ Dozen
DPR Dozen pairs
DPC Dozen pieces
JWL Dutiable jewels
FT Feet
FBM Fiber meter
GAL Gallons
GM Grams
GRS Gross
GBQ Gigabecquerels
GBX Gross boxes
GCN Gross containers
GKG Gross kilograms
GRL Gross lines
GTN Gross metric ton
GRP Gross pair
GLB Gross pounds
GKG Gross yield kilograms
GTN Gross tons
GVW Gross vehicle weight
HSP Horsepower
HND Hundred
CWT Hundred weight
IN Inches
KG Kilograms
KGS Kilogram Total Sugars
KDR Kilogram dry rubber content
KW Kilowatts
KWH Kilowatt hour
LNM Linear meter
LTR Liters
LT Long tons
BRU Mechanical brushes
MBQ Megabecquerels
MCU Micro-Curie
MTR Meters
MTN Metric tons
MC Millicuries
ML Milliliters
MM Millimeters
MUN Million Units
NESOI Not elsewhere specified or included
NO Number
OZ Ounces
ODE Ozone depletion equivalent
PKS Packs
PRS Pairs
PCS Pieces
LBS Pounds
PFG Proof gallons
PFL Proof liters
RPM Revolutions per minute
RBA Running bales
SET Set
STN Short tons
SSG Single-strength gallon
SQ Square
SCM Square centimeters
SFT Square feet
SQM Square meters
SYD Square yards
THS Thousands
MBF Thousand board feet
MCF Thousand cubic feet
TCM Thousand cubic meters
MLF Thousand linear feet
MYD Thousand linear yards
THM Thousand meters
MSF Thousand square feet
TNV Ton raw value (metric)
TOZ Troy ounces
VA Voltampere
VOL Volume
WT Weight
WG Wine gallons
YDS Yards
X No unit of quantity required
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