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Place of Manufacture Description

Human-readable text that explains the coded "Place of Manufacture" value on an award record. It is the descriptive label for that paired FPDS field, such as a phrase indicating whether the item was manufactured domestically, foreign, or is not a manufactured end product.

Family: Award
Category: Product Or Service Information
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: description
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description
Title
Place of Manufacture Description
FPDS Path
award/productOrServiceInformation/placeOfManufacture/description
Description
Human-readable text that explains the coded "Place of Manufacture" value on an award record. It is the descriptive label for that paired FPDS field, such as a phrase indicating whether the item was manufactured domestically, foreign, or is not a manufactured end product.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts interpret procurement data without relying only on coded or abbreviated source values. It supports supply chain, domestic sourcing, and manufacturing-origin analysis by making the underlying category understandable in plain language.
Example Value
NOT A MANUFACTURED END PRODUCT
Observed Non-Null Count
83,091,692

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description
FPDS XML Path
award/productOrServiceInformation/placeOfManufacture/description
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/productOrServiceInformation/placeOfManufacture/description' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • Labeling place-of-manufacture categories in reports
  • Validating coded procurement-origin values
  • Filtering or grouping awards by manufacturing origin description

Common Mistakes

  • Using the description as a stable code instead of a display label
  • Assuming identical wording across records without checking for text variants

Query Guidance

Use this field for readable output, QA, and text-based checks; if a paired code field exists, group and join on the code and select this description for presentation. In SQL, consider normalizing case and trimming whitespace before comparing strings, and do not treat NULL or unexpected text as a valid code without verifying the source record.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description AS place_of_manufacture_description
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__productOrServiceInformation__placeOfManufacture__description IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.