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Hello. I'm Matt Przybocki with
the Foreign Trade Division
of the U.S. Census Bureau.
USA Trade Online is
the official source
for U.S. merchandise trade data.
In our last video, we showed
some of the basic functionality
of this powerful tool.
In this installment,
we will focus on some
of the more advanced features
along with the availability
of state trade statistics.
Hi Mala! So sorry I'm late!
That's ok.
I've just been finishing
up some work.
I was on the phone
with this gentleman
from the Washington State
Department of Commerce.
Really? Yes.
He had a question from someone
with a small agricultural
consulting firm
and they were interested
in obtaining state
export statistics.
You know we actually have that
information on USA Trade Online.
I thought you guys only had
district and port level data?
We have state as well.
I can show you that right now.
Okay. From the USA Trade Online
data source selection screen,
we can select either
Harmonized System
or North American Industry
Classification System,
which we call NAICS.
Hmmm... well, since
he's interested
in agricultural products
specifically,
which one works best?
For such a broad category,
let's start off with NAICS.
I'm going to deselect all
states, and then select all
of the individual ones so that
we can see how each one fares
in the agricultural market.
Now we'll click on the Commodity
link under select dimensions.
This is pretty cool...
agricultural products
have their own category.
I guess we need to deselect
all of the other ones.
Yep! And then we can
just hit View Table.
Nice. But am I only
seeing Alabama statistics?
Yes, but we can arrange the
table so that you can see all
of the states using the Set
Dimension Order function.
Within Set Dimension Order, we
can move the state under rows
by highlighting state, and
then use the left arrow button
to move it over.
Then we can move commodity
to columns by highlighting it
and using the right
arrow button.
I like it!
But I think I want
commodity over time.
Can I highlight commodity
and use the
up arrow button beneath it?
Definitely!
Now let's hit OK to
see our new table.
Great! This is fantastic!
Can we see if Washington
ranks in the top 10 states
for agricultural
exports for 2010?
That'd be a great way for him
to assess how competitive
Washington is
in the agricultural market.
Sure. To do that, we would
simply use the Top/Bottom
Reduction option located in
the column for this year.
I know you said top 10, but
this allows you to pick as many
or as few as you'd like.
5, 10, 20, you get the picture!
Okay, I'll keep that in
mind for future projects.
Alright, so let's hit OK,
and now our table shows
the top 10 states based
on the total value
for this year.
And if I remember correctly, I
can sort the results too, right?
Yeah. I really like this.
And look, Washington
ranks 3rd overall!
That's pretty amazing.
Well, you know that we can
actually get more specific data
using Harmonized System
, or HS as we call it.
Do you know if he had a
particular agricultural
commodity in mind?
Actually, I do.
He mentioned that the person
he was assisting was very much
into wheat exports and trying
to find new markets by looking
at the trend over
the last few years.
We can definitely do that
using USA Trade Online.
Let's go back to the Data
Source Selection screen
and take a look at the HS data.
We start off with the State
Selection screen again,
but this time, we're just
going to select Washington.
Then we'll go to the
Commodity dimension,
once again deselect all,
and now search for wheat.
Wow, that's a lot of options,
but I know that he's
interested in non-durum wheat.
Okay, well, let's pick the
6-digit commodity option
that excludes durum wheat.
That makes sense.
And since he's looking
at markets, we should go
to the country dimension and
select each country instead
of world total like before.
That sounds good.
And now we can view our table...
Obviously, we need to Set
Dimension Order again.
But wow, any way I can get
rid of these empty cells?
Yeah, we'll use the
Suppress function.
Just select suppress
rows and columns
where the value is
empty or zero.
Then hit OK.
Sweet! Let's go ahead
and sort for 2010.
I see that I get the four
previous years automatically.
Is there a way I can get more?
Yeah, definitely.
We just need to go to the
Time dimension and click
on the Edit Time Series Set icon
to the left of the search box.
Then we click the Edit button.
Oh wow, that's a
lot to choose from!
What do we do next?
Well,it's pretty
straightforward.
Base period is our current
year, so we just need
to change the amount
of previous periods.
I see that it goes
back as far as 2002,
so let's change previous
periods from 4 to 9.
Ok. And you know, we can
also add growth rates ...
Seriously?
Yeah! We just change
the display from Values
to Values and Growth Rates.
Now we can set Between
to show growth rates
between each individual
year or the first and last.
Let's go with first and last.
Great. Let's hit OK.
And then View Table.
This is so cool!
But quick question, will he have
to create this table each month?
It's so perfect now; I don't
want to forget anything.
No! You can save it and it will
automatically update each month
when new data are released.
Just click the Save
Report icon, add a title
and any notes you
want, and then hit OK.
That's nice, but um...
where did it save it?
Oh, it's saved in My
Reports, which you can access
from the Data Source
Selection Screen.
Wow, this has been so helpful!
I never knew that USA Trade
Online could not only provide
district and port-level
data, but state as well!
And the flexibility to identify
top markets, analyze trends,
and obtain growth rates
is incredibly useful.
Yeah, USA Trade Online
can do a lot!
But all this talk of
wheat is making me hungry.
Let's go eat!
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