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N  TheseexporterprofilesarecompiledbytheForeignTradeDivisionoftheU.S.CensusBureau.TheInternational >  TradeAdministration(ITA)isapartialsponsorofthework,providingbothfinancialassistanceandadviceondata  userneeds.TheITAalsosponsorsmoredetailedExhibits,whichwillbeavailableontheirWebsitelaterthisyear.  UserswillbenotifiedontheITAWebsite(4  O  5  www.ita.doc.gov6 O   7 r* )whenthisinformationisavailable. ^ Effectivewiththe1997/1998report,companiesareclassifiedaccordingtotheNorthAmericanIndustry N ClassificationSystem(NAICS)insteadoftheStandardIndustrialClassification(SIC)system.Thereare  differencesinthewaysNAICSandSICclassifycertaintypesofcompanies.Forexample,manufacturersof  prepackagedsoftwareandbooksareclassifiedasmanufacturersunderSICandas Othertypesofcompanies n underNAICS.Usersareadvisedtoconsiderthesedifferenceswhenmakingyearoveryearcomparisonsof > exportersandexportercharacteristicsbeforeandafter1997.Thisprofile,basedonnewandreviseddata,usesthe ^ samemethodologyaspreviousyears. . Theexporterprofilesaredevelopedtoprovidebothgovernmentandprivatesectoruserswithinformationabout ~ theexportingcommunityincludingemploymentsize,typeofcompany,andmajorforeignmarkets.Inthisreport N thedataarepresentedinExhibits1through6,wheretheexportdataaredesignatedaspart a forstatisticalyear, n part b forprioryear,andpart c forthedifferencebetweenthedataforthesetwoyears.Thepreviousyearsfigures >  inthisreportarerevisedfromdatareleasedinthepreviousexporterprofile.Therevisionsarebasedontheability ! tomatchadditionalrecords.  " Theexhibitsinthisreportincludedetailedbreakdownsbaseduponthenumberofemployeesoftheidentified ."~$ exportingcompanies.Inpresentingtheseresults,companiesareclassifiedassmall(lessthan100employees  W  G W "N% includingnumberofemployeesunknown#G W   W#),medium(100to499employees),andlarge(500ormoreemployees). #& Exhibit3alsoprovidesinformationonexportstorelatedparties,suchasparentorsubsidiaryfirms.Twoparties $' areconsideredrelatedifeitherpartyowns,directlyorindirectly,10percentormoreoftheotherparty. n% ( Allpercentagesstatedinthisreport,unlessotherwisespecified,werecalculatedbasedsolelyupon_thestatistical '^"* andprioryearsexportvaluesthatcouldbelinkedtospecificexportersthe knownvalue.Inaddition,the '.#+ sourceoftheadministrativerecords,theBusinessRegister,wasrestructuredstartingwith2002data.For (#, explanationsofthemethodsusedintabulatingtheinformationaswellasnonsamplingerrorsandotherlimitations ~)$- oftheexportdatainthisreport,seethe Methodology sectionbelow  .Usersareadvisedtoconsidertheselimitations N*%. whenanalyzingthisinformationastheymayaffecttheresults.UsersshouldcitetheCensusBureau,U.S.  +p&/ DepartmentofCommerceasthesourceoftheinformationinthisreport,notasthesourceoftheiranalyses. +@'0   ,(1 i> ih i   SourcesofInformation   Theexporterprofileswerecreatedfromexportmerchandisetradedocumentationandcompanycharacteristics N containedintheCensusBureausdatabaseofcompanyinformation,theBusinessRegister.Company n characteristicsaregatheredthrougheconomiccensusesandsurveysandsupplementedwithemploymentand > payrollinformationprovidedbytheInternalRevenueService.Theexporttradestatistics,withtheexceptionof  exportstoCanada,arecompiledfromShippersExportDeclarations,ortheirelectronicequivalent,whichwere   filedbyU.S.exportersortheiragentsformerchandiseexitingtheUnitedStates.ThedataforexportstoCanada ^  arederivedfromCanadasimportdataviatheU.S./Canadadataexchange. . ~  Methodology     Thisprofilewascompiledusingcompanyidentifiersorcompanynamesreportedonexportdocumentationto l  electronicallylinkexporttradedatatocompanycharacteristicsintheBusinessRegister.Beginningwithdatayear <  2002,theBusinessRegisterdatabasewascompletelyrestructuredtoincludeadditionalinformation.Duetothese  \  changesandproblemswithourpriormethodology,thematchingroutinesusedtocreatetheExporterProfilewere ,  updated.DespitethelimitationswithintheBusinessRegister,weareabletomaintainconsistencywithourprior   Profilesmatchingroutines. |  Lessthan3percentofthetotalexportvalueforeachyear,includinglowvalueestimates,exportsbyU.S.and l foreigngovernments,timingadjustments,andendofyearrevisions,wasexcludedfromthismatchingprocess < becausetheexporttransactionscannotbeattributedtospecificexportingcompanies.Othertransactionsthatcould   notbematchedelectronicallywereinvestigatedandlinkedmanuallytospecificcompaniesusingacombination  ofcriteria,includingcompanyname,location,type,andproduct.Acomparisonoftheoverallmatchrates,based \ onexportvalue,arepresentedinTable1under DistributionofExportsbyIdentifiedandUnidentifiedExporters,  ,| atthebeginningofthisreport. L Itwasnotpossibletoinvestigateeveryunmatchedtransaction,soprioritywasgiventothosewiththehighest  exportvalues.Thepercentageofunidentifiedvaluetendstodecreaseeachyearasmorecompaniesareidentified l andvaluethresholdstriggeringinvestigationarelowered.Therefore,usersshouldmakeyeartoyearcomparisons < withcautionandbeawarethatthenumberofsmallexportingcompaniesandtheirassociatedknownvalueare  \ mostlikelyunderstated.Similarly,theknownvaluemaynotreflectallshipmentsbyidentifiedcompanies. ,  DataQuality  z! Qualityassuranceprocedureswereappliedtoallphasesofcollection,processingandtabulationoftheinformation !h# inthisreporttominimizeerrors.Thedatacontinuestobesubjecttononsamplingerrorsindatareporting(ofthe !8$ basicexporttradestatisticsandtheadministrativerecordsourcedata),coding,keying,andincoverage(dueto "% failuretoidentifyallexportingcompanies).Foranexplanationofnonsamplingerrorsaffectingthetradestatistics, #& seethe InformationonGoodsandServices sectionoftheFT900U.S.InternationalTradeinGoodsand X$' Services,orcall(301)7632227torequestacopyoftherelease.Onecanalsoobtainthisinformationfromtheweb *%z ( atthefollowingaddress: %J!) 4FbaO  5  http://_www.census.gov_/foreign-trade/Press-Release/_current_press_release_/_press.html_#prior6S(Og(hAm  7No( &"* ThecharacteristicsofexportingcompaniesinthisreportreflectcompaniesthatcouldbematchedtotheBusiness :)$- Register.Whenanalyzingthesedata,usersshouldconsiderthepossibleimpactofunmatchedtransactionsand  *Z%. unidentifiedexportersontheirresults.Unidentifiedexportersmaynotreflectthesamedistributionofcompany **&/ typesandsizesasidentifiedexportingcompanies.Similarly,comparisonsbetweenthenumberofcompanies +&0 exportingingivencategoriesmaybemisleadingduetodifferencesinthepercentageofvaluematchedto z,'1 companiesofvarioustypesandsizes.  Yearoveryearcomparisonsshouldalsobemadewithcaution.Changesinthenumberofexportersandthevalue P oftheirexporttransactions,theknownvalue,maybeduetodifferencesinmatchratesorexporters  p entering/droppingoutoftheexportmarket.Table1,under DistributionofExportsbyIdentifiedandUnidentified @ Exporters ,atthebeginningofthisreportshowsacomparisonofthematchrates,basedonexportvalue,aswell  asthevalueattributabletoexportersthatexportedinbothyears.    DatabyState  0    B.` hp x XBThedatacontainedinExhibits6aand6barebasedontheOriginofMovement(OM)StateBasedonOrigin    State.TheU.S.stateoforiginisthe2characterpostalcodeforthestateinwhichthegoodsbegintheir    journeytotheportofexport.ThisfieldallowedthecompilationoftheOriginofMovementBasedonOrigin n  StateSeries.TheOMseriesbasedonoriginstatehasbeenavailablesince1987andisintendedtoreflectthe >  transportationoriginofexports.Formorecompleteinformationonthestatedataseries,refertothenoticeat: ^  4zeO  5  http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aip/elom.html62O2.D  7teD2.E.` hp x XE   .     `     h      DefinitionsofTerms  N  BusinessRegister. Databaseofcompaniesincludedineconomiccensusandsurveysconductedbythe < CensusBureau.    Company. Acompanyisabusinessconsistingofonedomesticlocation(singlelocationcompany)ormore \ thanonedomesticlocation(multiplelocationcompany)underitsownershiporcontrol. .~ 0  IdentifiedCompanies:Identifiedcompaniesarethosecompaniestowhichoneormoreexport  transactionswerematched.Theexportvalueassociatedwiththesecompaniesistermed known  value.n(#(#    ` 0  UnclassifiedCompanies:TheseareidentifiedcompaniesforwhichnoNAICSclassification ^ (manufacturers,wholesalersorothercompanies)couldbeassigned..(#(#  CompanySize. Companysizesarebasedonemployment:small(lessthan100employeesincludingnumber ~! ofemployeesunknown),medium(100499employees),andlarge(500ormoreemployees). P " H CompanyType. CompanytypesarebasedontheNorthAmericanIndustryClassificationSystem(NAICS)andare !@$ brokenoutintomanufacturers,wholesalers,andallothercompanies.ThosecompaniesforwhichavalidNAICS "% codeisnotavailableareplacedintheunclassifiedgrouping. #& H(#(#K(# Employment. Employmentincludesallemployees,fulltimeorparttime,reportedonafirms_payrollduring 2% ( specificpayrollperiods. &T!)  LowvalueEstimates. Exporttransactionsvaluedunder$2,501arenotrequiredtobereported.Instead,the '"+ CensusBureauestimatesthevalueofsuchshipmentstoeachcountryusingfactorsbasedontheratiosof v(#, low-valuedshipmentstoindividualcountrytotalsforpastperiods. F)$-  RelatedParty. ArelatedpartytransactionisonebetweenaU.S.exporterandaforeignconsignee,where *6&/ eitherpartyowns(directlyorindirectly)10percentormoreoftheotherparty. +'0 _ ,'1  W  e     StateoftheOriginofMovement(OM). TheOMseriesdataprovidesexportstatisticsbasedonthestatefrom  whichthemerchandisestartsitsjourneytotheportofexport;i.e.,thetransportationorigin.Thisinformation  isreportedbytheexporter.Seethe DataQuality sectionaboveforlimitationsofthisdataseries. R  Value. Thevaluesinthisreportaref.a.s.( freealongsideship)andincludebothdomesticexportsandre B exportsofforeignmerchandise.Severaldifferentvaluesaregiven:  0  Totalexportvalue:Thetotalvalueincludesalltransactionswhetherornotlinkedtospecific d  companies.4 (#(#    `  0  Knownvalue:Thevalueoftransactionslinkedtospecificcompanies.Allpercentagesgivenfor  $  companysizeandtypesarebasedonknownvalue.  (#(# 0  UnidentifiedValue:Thevaluedtransactionsthatwerenotlinkedtoaspecificcompany.Notethat D  theseshipmentsmighthavebeenexportedeitherbyidentifiedcompaniesorbyothercompaniesnot d  identifiedinthelinkingprocess. 4 (#(# #GXX G W#   `     h      p     @*