Definition: Quantity of the goods

Category: External trade

The quantity of the goods can be expressed in two ways:

a. as net mass, i.e. the actual mass of the goods excluding all packaging; or
b. in supplementary units, i.e. units measuring quantity other than net mass, as detailed in the annual Commission regulation updating the Combined Nomenclature. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-15-008&mode=view Eurostat, "Compilers guide on European statistics on international trade in goods", Luxembourg, 2015