{{Short description|Classification of goods and services}} '''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.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://intrepidsourcing.com/trade-wiki/classifications-how-to-distinguish-between-products/ | title = Product Classification: Categorization & Classifying of Products}}</ref>
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<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/CA-14-98-114 CPA 1996 - Statistical classification of products by activity in the European Economic Community // Eurostat]</ref> ** CPA 2002 ** CPA 2008<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_GEN_DESC_VIEW_NOHDR&StrNom=CPA_2008&StrLanguageCode=EN Statistical classification of products by activity in the European Economic Community, 2008 version]</ref> ** CPA 2.1<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_GEN_DESC_VIEW_NOHDR&StrNom=CPA_2_1&StrLanguageCode=EN Statistical Classification of Products by Activity, Version 2.1]</ref> * 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]] (IEC CDD), a product classification and product description based on international standards and 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==
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==References== * [http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/nomenclatures/index.cfm?TargetUrl=LST_NOM_DTL&StrNom=CPA_2_1&StrLanguageCode=EN&IntPcKey=&StrLayoutCode=HIERARCHIC CPA 2.1] at the Eurostat website * United Nations Statistical Commission, "International Family of Economic and Social Classifications", p. 5 [http://unstats.un.org/unsd/class/family/preamble.pdf PDF]
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