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BureauofLaborStatisticsmonthlyrevisionsandalign .)F&/ CensusandtheU.S.BureauofEconomicAnalysisquarterly )'0 data.AnnualrevisionsforthemonthsaremadeinJuneto *'1 reflectcorrectionsreceivedsubsequenttothemonthly +(2 revisions.Theserevisionsarereflectedintotals,end-use, V,n)3 SITC,andcountrysummarydata.Themonthlyenduse,  -8*4 commodity,andcountryareadatapresentedinthisrelease -+5 areonaCensusbasis.ThisreferstoExhibits618. .+6  N        . 10.9         *XNXN* U.S./CANADADATAEXCHANGE ; ANDSUBSTITUTION  ^ v< # .   #ThedataforU.S.exportstoCanadaarederivedfromimport  > datacompiledbyCanada.TheuseofCanada'simportdatato  ? produceU.S.exportdatarequiresseveralalignmentsinorder  @ tocomparethetwoseries. Z r A 1.0  Coverage󄄀Canadianimportsarebasedoncountryof  C origin.U.S.goodsshippedfromathirdcountryare  D included.U.S.exportsexcludetheseforeignshipments.  E ForAugust2006,theseshipmentstotaled$140.6million. LdF U.S.exportcoveragealsoexcludescertainCanadianpostal .G shipments.ForAugust2006,. .theseshipmentstotaled H $20.4million.# ..#I%% @&&&0  U.S.importcoverageincludesshipmentsofrailcarsand >VK locomotivesfromCanada.EffectivewithJanuary2004  L statistics,Canadaexcludestheseshipmentsfromitsgoods M exportstotheUnitedStates,thereforecreatingcoverage N differencesbetweenthetwocountriesforthesegoods.f~O%% 2.0  Valuation--Canadianimportsarevaluedatthepointof Q originintheUnitedStates.However,U.S.exportsare R valuedattheportofexitintheUnitedStatesandinclude S inlandfreightcharges,makingtheU.S.exportvalue XpT slightlylarger.Canadarequiresinlandfreighttobe ":U reported.InlandfreightchargesforAugust2006accounted V for2.1percentofthevalueofU.S.exportstoCanada.W%% 3.0  Reexports--U.S.exportsincludereexportsofforeign J bY goods.Again,theaggregateU.S.exportfigureisslightly !,Z larger.ForAugust2006,reexportstoCanadawere ![ $2,721million."\%% @&&&4.0  ExchangeRate--Averagemonthlyexchangeratesare <$T!^ appliedtoconvertthepublisheddatatoU.S.currency.For %"_ August2006,theaverageexchangeratewas1.1182 %"` CanadiandollarsperU.S.dollar.&#a%% @&&&5.0  Other-Thereareotherminordifferenceswhichare .(F%c statisticallyinsignificant,suchasroundingerror.(&d%%   @&&&@&&&@@ .      .Ԉ    0.n j j8!dd854,, j  CanadianEstimates   # .   #EffectivewithJanuary2001statistics,thecurrentmonthdata  forexportstoCanadacontainanestimateforlatearrivalsand Ph corrections.Thefollowingmonth,thisestimateisreplaced, 2 inthepressreleasetablesonly,withtheactualvalueoflate  receiptsandcorrections.Thisestimateimprovesthecurrent  monthdataforexportstoCanadaandtreatslatereceiptsfor x exportstoCanadainamannermoreconsistentwiththe B Z treatmentoflatereceiptsforexportstoothercountries.  $  . . Nonsamplingerrors     RThegoodsdataareacompleteenumerationofdocuments 2 J  collectedbytheU.S.CustomsBorderandProtectionandare    notsubjecttosamplingerrors;buttheyaresubjecttoseveral   typesofnonsamplingerrors.Qualityassuranceprocedures   areperformedateverystageofcollection,processingand Zr  tabulation;howeverthedataarestillsubjecttoseveraltypes $< ofnonsamplingerrors.Themostsignificantoftheseinclude  reportingerrors,undocumentedshipments,timeliness,data  captureerrors,anderrorsintheestimationoflowvalued  transactions. Ld   # ..# ReportingErrors: Reportingerrorsaremistakesor  omissionsmadebyimporters,exportersortheiragentsin  theirimportorexportdeclarations.Mosterrorsinvolve x missingorinvalidcommodityclassificationcodesand BZ missingorincorrectquantitiesorshippingweights.They  $ haveanegligibleeffectonimport,exportandbalanceof  tradestatistics.However,theycanaffectthedetailed  commoditystatistics. j @ .  UndocumentedShipments: Federalregulationsrequire ! importers,exportersortheiragentstoreportallmerchandise " shipmentsaboveestablishedexemptionlevels.TheU.S. # CensusBureauhasdeterminedthatnotallrequired `x$ documentsarefiled,particularlyforexports. * B%  TimelinessandDataCaptureErrors: TheU.S.Census !' Bureaucapturesimportandexportinformationfrom "( administrativedocumentsandthroughvariousautomated V#n ) collectionprograms.Documentsmaybelost,anddatamay  $8!* beincorrectlykeyed,codedorrecorded.Transactionsmay $"+ beincludedinasubsequentmonthsstatisticsifreceivedlate. %",  LowvaluedTransactions: Thetotalvaluesoftransactions H'`$. valuedasmuchasorbelow$2,500forexportsand$2,000 (.%/ ($250forcertainquotaitems)forimportsareestimatedfor (%0 eachcountry,usingfactorsbasedontheratiosoflowvalued )&1 shipmentstoindividualcountrytotalsforpastperiods. t*'2 TheU.S.CensusBureaurecommendsthatdatausers , )4 incorporatethisinformationintotheiranalyses,as ,)5 nonsamplingerrorscouldimpacttheconclusiondrawnfrom -*6 theresults.Foradetaileddiscussionoferrorsaffectingthe f.~+7 goodsdata,see U.S.MerchandiseTradeStatistics:AQuality 0/H,8 ProfileavailableontheINTERNETat /-9 www.census.gov/foreigntrade/aip/index.html#infopapersor 0-: fromtheForeignTradeDivision,U.S.CensusBureau. 1.; Ї AREAGROUPINGS (SeeExhibits14and14A) ;  NorthAmerica 󀄀Canada,Mexico ~=  Europe 󀄀Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbijan, .? Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia. ..Hercegovina# -## . -#,Bulgaria,Croatia, @ Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,FaroeIslands, A Finland,France,Germany,Georgia,Gibralter,Greece, zB Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Liechtenstein,Kazakhstan, D \C Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,MaltaandGozo,  &D Macedonia,Moldova,Monaco,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,  E Portugal,Romania,Russia,SanMarino,Serbiaand  F Montenegro,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Svalbard,JanMayen l G Island,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Tajikistan, 6 N H Turkmenistan,Ukraine,UnitedKingdom,Uzbekistan,Vatican  I City.  J  EuropeanUnion Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic, ^v L Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, ,DM Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg, N Malta,Netherlands,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia, O Spain,Sweden,UnitedKingdom. P   EuroArea 󀄀Austria,Belgium,Finland,France,Germany, 6R Greece,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Portugal, S Spain. T Ѐ . .PacificRim 󀄀Australia,Brunei,China,HongKong,Indonesia, JbV Japan,Korea,Macao,Malaysia,NewZealand,PapuaNew 0W Guinea,Philippines,Singapore,Taiwan.# ..|3# X      . .South/CentralAmerica 󀄀Anguilla,AntiguaandBarbuda, vZ Argentina,Aruba,Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bermuda, D\[ Bolivia,Brazil,BritishVirginIslands,CaymanIslands,Chile, &\ Colombia,CostaRica,Cuba,Dominica,DominicanRepublic, ] Ecuador,ElSalvador,FalklandIslands,FrenchGuiana, ^ Grenada,Guadeloupe,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras, l_ Jamaica,Martinique,Montserrat,NetherlandsAntilles, 6 N` Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,St.Kittsand !a Nevis,St.Lucia,St.VincentandtheGrenadines,Suriname, !b TrinidadandTobago,TurksandCaicosIslands,Uruguay, "c Venezuela.# ..4# ^#v d   . .OPEC 󀄀Algeria,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Libya, $ "f Nigeria,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates, %"g Venezuela.# ..,8# &#h  . .Africa 󀄀# ..'9#Algeria,Angola,Benin,Botswana,BritishIndian (6%j OceanTerritories,Burkina,Burundi,Cameroon,CapeVerde, (&k CentralAfricanRepublic,Chad,Comoros,Congo )&l (Brazzaville),Congo(Kinshasa),Djibouti,Egypt,Equatorial *'m Guinea,Eritrea,Ethiopia,FrenchSouthernandAntarctic J+b(n Lands,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,GuineaBissau,Ivory ,,)o Coast,Kenya,Lesotho,Liberia,Libya,Madagascar,Malawi, ,)p Mali,Mauritania,Mauritius,Mayotte,Morocco,Mozambique, -*q Namibia,Niger,Nigeria,Reunion,Rwanda,St.Helena,Sao r.+r TomeandPrincipe,Senegal,Seychelles,SierraLeone, ,V)n goodsexports.)- *oQ%Q%  0 Q Goldexports,nonmonetary 󀄀Thisadditionismadeforgold .+q thatispurchasedbyforeignofficialagenciesfromprivate j/,r dealersintheUnitedStatesandheldattheFederalReserve 40L-s BankofNewYork.TheCensusdataonlyincludegoldthat 0.t leavesthecustomsterritory.@&&&Q%Q% 1.u }M }8!dd8~VX,X }   s! .         `     h   # . s!4^#Somesmalleradjustmentsarealsomadetoexports: fR 0  Deductionsforrepairsofgoods,developedmotionpicture  film,andmilitarygrantaid.Additionsforsalesoffishin  U.S.territorialwaters,exportsofelectricitytoMexico,and  z vesselsandoilrigsthatchangeownershipforwhichno X D exportdocumentisfiled."   Theimportadjustmentsinclude:     0  InlandfreightinCanada 󀄀Anadditionismadeforinland H4  freightinCanada.Importsofgoodsfromallcountriesare   valuedattheforeignportofexport,includinginlandfreight   charges( customsvalue).InthecaseofCanada,this   shouldbethecostofthegoodsattheU.S.border. t`  However,thecustomsvalueforimportsforcertain >* CanadiangoodsisthepointoforigininCanada.TheBEA  makesanadditionfortheinlandfreightchargesof  transportingtheseCanadiangoodstotheU.S.borderto  makethevaluecomparabletothecustomsvalueasreported fR byallothercountries.Insuranceandfreightchargesfor 0 transportinggoodstotheUnitedStatesfromallother  countriestotheU.S.borderareincludedinservicesbythe  BEA.(ThesameprocedureisusedforMexicoasanOther z Adjustment,butismuchsmaller.)XD        x[p x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?ACPFHKXMORXXXx0  Goldimports,nonmonetary 󀄀Thisadditionismadefor  goldsoldbyforeignofficialagenciestoprivatepurchasers  outofstockheldattheFederalReserveBankofNew n York.TheCensusdataonlyincludegoldthatentersthe L8  customsterritory.! 0  ImportsbyU.S.militaryagencies ThisdeductionofU.S. # militarysalescontractsismadebecausetheU.S.Census x d$ Bureauhasincludedthesecontractsinthegoodsdata,but B!.% BEAincludesthemintheservicecategory"DirectDefense  "& Expenditures."BEA'ssourcematerialismore "' comprehensive,buthasnodistinctionbetweengoodsand #( services.j$V ) 0  Somesmalleradjustmentsarealsomadetoimports:%!+ 0  Deductionsforrepairsofgoodsanddevelopedmotion &", picturefilm.Additionsforimportedelectricityfrom '~#- Mexico,conversionofvesselsforcommercialuse,repairs \(H$. toU.S.vesselsabroad,andvaluationofprepackaged &)%/ softwareimportsatmarketvalue.)%0  . .  .SERVICES#.  k#  .. +p'2 Thestatisticsareestimatesofservicestransactionsbetween -)4 foreigncountriesandthe50states,theDistrictofColumbia, -)5 PuertoRico,theU.S.VirginIslands,andotherU.S.territories z/f+7 andpossessions.TransactionswithU.S.military,diplomatic, D00,8 andconsularinstallationsabroadareexcludedbecausethey 8 areconsideredtobepartoftheU.S.economy. 9 W:X` 0 hp x (#pXW    Servicesareshowninsevenbroadcategories.Typesof r^; servicesforimportsandexportsarethesameforsixofthe <(< sevencategories.Fortheseventh,exportsis"TransfersUnder = U.S.MilitarySalesContracts"whileforimportsthecategory > is"DirectDefenseExpenditures."Thefollowingisabrief  ? descriptionofthetypesofservicesincludedineachcategory: d P@  Z:XXL` P hp x X0 XZ0  Travel 󀄀PurchasesofservicesandgoodsbyU.S.travelers  B abroadandbyforeignvisitorstotheUnitedStates.A  C travelerisdefinedasapersonwhostaysforaperiodofless  | D than1yearinacountryofwhichthepersonisnota ZF E resident.Includesexpendituresforfood,lodging, $ F recreation,gifts,andotheritemsincidentaltoaforeign  G visit. H%% ̀ 0  PassengerFares 󀄀Farespaidbyresidentsofonecountry L8J toresidentsofothercountries.Receiptsconsistoffares K receivedbyU.S.carriersfromforeignresidentsfortravel L betweentheUnitedStatesandforeigncountriesand M betweentwoforeignpoints.Paymentsconsistoffarespaid xdN byU.S.residentstoforeigncarriersfortravelbetweenthe B.O UnitedStatesandforeigncountries. P%%  0  OtherTransportation 󀄀Chargesforthetransportationof R goodsbyocean,air,waterway,pipeline,andrailcarriersto nZS andfromtheUnitedStates.Includesfreightcharges, 8$T operatingexpensesthattransportationcompaniesincurin U foreignports,andpaymentsforvesselcharterandaircraft V rentalswithcrew.W%%  0  RoyaltiesandLicenseFees 󀄀Transactionswithforeign *Y residentsinvolvingintangibleassetsandproprietaryrights, Z suchastheuseofpatents,techniques,processes,formulas, [ designs,knowhow,trademarks,copyrights,franchises,  x\ andmanufacturingrights.Theterm"royalties"generally V!B] referstopaymentsfortheutilizationofcopyrightsor  " ^ trademarks,andtheterm"licensefees"generallyrefersto "_ paymentsfortheuseofpatentsorindustrialprocesses.#`%%  0     OtherPrivateServices 󀄀Transactionswithaffiliated H%4!b foreigners,forwhichnoidentificationbytypeisavailable, &"c andtransactionswithunaffiliatedforeigners.(Theterm &"d  affiliatedreferstoadirectinvestmentrelationship,which '#e existswhenaU.S.personhasownershiporcontrol, t(`$f directlyorindirectly,of10percentormoreofaforeign >)*%g businessenterprisesvotingsecuritiesortheequivalent,or *%h whenaforeignpersonhasasimilarinterestinaU.S. *&i enterprise.)+'j%%    %  f,R(k 4  8!dd8~ X   . .1<X<h XX1Transactionswithunaffiliatedforeignersconsistof  educationservices;financialservices(includes  commissionsandothertransactionsfees# ..|#. .Ԁassociatedwith  thepurchaseandsaleofsecuritiesandnoninterest r^ incomeofbanks,andexcludesinvestmentincome); <( insuranceservices;telecommunicationsservices  (includestransmissionservicesandvalueadded  services);andbusiness,professional,andtechnical   services.Includedinthelastgroupareadvertising d P services;computeranddataprocessingservices;database .   andotherinformationservices;research,development,    andtestingservices;management,consulting,andpublic    relationsservices;legalservices;construction,  x  engineering,architectural,andminingservices;industrial VB  engineeringservices;installation,maintenance,and    repairofequipment;andotherservices,including   medicalservicesandfilmandtaperentals.    0 L  LL 0 L X  L TransfersUnderU.S.MilitarySalesContracts  F2 (Exportsonly)Exportsofgoodsandservicesin  whichU.S.Governmentmilitaryagenciesparticipate.  Includesbothgoods,suchasequipment,andservices,  suchasrepairservicesandtraining,thatcannotbe lX separatelyidentified.6"LL  0 L X  L DirectDefenseExpenditures (Importsonly)  ExpendituresincurredbyU.S.militaryagencies  abroad,includingexpendituresbyU.S.personnel, `L paymentsofwagestoforeignresidents,construction * expenditures,paymentsforforeigncontractual  services,andprocurementofforeigngoods.Includes  bothgoodsandservicesthatcannotbeseparately t identified.R> LL  0 L X  L U.S.GovernmentMiscellaneousServices  " TransactionsofU.S.Governmentnonmilitary # agencieswithforeignresidents.Mostofthese ~ j$ transactionsinvolvetheprovisionofservicesto,or H!4% purchasesofservicesfrom,foreigners;transfersof "& somegoodsarealsoincluded."'LL  L      `   P  0 X Servicesestimatesarebasedonquarterly,annual,and p$\ ) benchmarksurveysandpartialinformationgenerated :%&!* frommonthlyreports.Servicetransactionsareestimated &!+ atmarketprices.Estimatesareseasonallyadjustedwhen &", statisticallysignificantseasonalpatternsarepresent.No '#- countryorareadetailisavailableduetothelackof b(N$. adequatesourcedatauponwhichtobaseestimates. ,)%/XX   X Therevisionpolicyisasfollows :# .. ~#. .Ԁ# ..#. .Eachmonth,a *&1 preliminaryestimateforthecurrentmonthandarevised +x'2 estimatefortheimmediatelyprecedingmonthare V,B(3 released.Afterarevisedmonthisreleased,nofurther  - )4 changesaremadetothatmonthuntilmorecomplete -)5 sourcedatabecomeavailableinMarch,June,September, .*6   ~/j+7 andDecember.ThereleasesinMarch,June,September, 7  andDecembercontainreviseddatafortheprevioussix 8 'MPPPPWGCz|0  p @@E #"C  (#(#months.Therelease 9   9  inMarchalso r^:   r^:  containsrevisionsfor <(;   <(;  allmonthsofthe <   <  previousyearinorder =   =  toalignthe  >    >  seasonallyadjusted d P?   d P?  monthlydatawith . @   . @  annualtotals.The  A    A  releaseinJune  B    B  containsannual  x C    x C  revisions,which VB D   VB D  reflectupdatedsource   E     E  dataandchangesin  F    F  estimating  G    G  methodologies. ~j H   ~j H  # ..c#. .  Quarterlyandannual H4I   H4I  estimatesofservices J   J  areincludedaspart K   K  oftheU.S. L   L  international p\M   p\M  transactionsaccounts, :&N   :&N  publishedinthe O   O  (#(#April,July,October,andJanuaryissuesoftheSurveyof P CurrentBusiness.ThenextreleaseoftheU.S. Q internationaltransactionsaccountsisscheduledfor bNR December18,2006.The# ..#. .Surve# ..(#. .yisavailablefromthe ,S SuperintendentofDocuments,U.S.GovernmentPrinting T Office,Washington,D.C.20402. U  ELECTRONICAVAILABILITY J6W  TheFT900andsupplementareavailableonthe Y following: vZ  INTERNET The U.S.InternationalTradeinGoodsand  !\ Servicesreportsareavailableat:www.census.gov/ft900 !] or# ..o# " .www.bea.gov/bea/di/home/trade.htm.# ." #. . "v^  STATUSA TheU.S.DepartmentofCommerce's  $` electronicinformationfacility.Call1800STATUSA $ a forproductinformation. %v!b Additionaldataandinformationongoodsareobtainable  '"d from: ForeignTradeDivision,U.S.CensusBureau, '#e Washington,D.C.20233  (v$f Additionaldataandinformationonservicesare  *%h obtainablefrom: BalanceofPaymentsDivision,U.S. *&i BureauofEconomicAnalysis,Washington,D.C. +v'j 20230 # ..#