SAMPLE NTDB SEARCHES ON STAT-USA 
 
Unless otherwise noted the following suggested search strategies should be done using the Query Builder 
Form. Don't try to do any of these searches until you have read all the STAT-USA search instruction 
screens. STAT-USA is at http://www.stat-usa.gov. 
 
Market Research Report (including Industry Sector Analysis and International Market Insights) searches: 
 
	location		brazil 
			and 
	title			wine 
 
A broader search would be: 
 
	location		brazil 
			and 
	all words		wine 
 
The broadest search would be: 
 
	all words		brazil 
			and 
	all words		wine 
 
Note: you can also broaden searches by using the OR connector. Example: 
 
	location		mexico 
			and 
	title			textile 
			or 
	title 			apparel 
 
 
Country Commercial Guide searches: 
 
	location		brazil 
 
Country Specific Databases search (for general background information use the Query box not the Query 
Builder Form). Before typing in your search, change the number of titles to display from 50 to 150, and in 
the query box type in the following type of search: 
 
	location=brazil 
 
 
Merchandise Trade Exports or Imports by Commodity* searches: 
 
	all words		wine 
			and 
	all words		chile 
 
Merchandise Trade Exports or Imports by Country 
 
	location		chile 
 
Note: you can broaden your search by selecting the entire NTDB database and doing a search like the 
following: 
 
	title			mexico 
		and 
	title 			exports     (or imports, as appropriate) 
 
Commercial Service International Contacts and Trade Leads (TOPs) searches: 
 
	location		brazil 
			and 
	all words		wine 
 
 
 
*You can also search by 10-digit Harmonized (HS) number rather than by product name. For exports 
Schedule B numbers can be searched, for imports Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers can be 
searched. To locate Schedule B numbers, use the entire Schedule B book (to locate it on STAT-USA Query 
the entire NTDB: program="schedule b").  It is also available on the Census Bureau's web site 
(http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/sched_b.html). The Harmonized Tariff Schedule is available on 
the Customs Service web site (http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/imp-exp/rulings/harmoniz). Schedule B and 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are also available in print form at the Government 
Publications Desk, 5th floor. 
 
Prepared by Ann Kennedy, San Francisco State University (4/11/97)