Foreign Trade

Changes to Countries and Areas

Effective with the release of January 2007 statistics on March 9, 2007, the U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report will be revised to reflect country changes for Serbia and Montenegro, the European Union, the Euro Area, and OPEC as specified below. The changes affect exhibit 14 in the FT-900 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report and exhibits 3 and 6 in the FT-900 supplement. The changes for these countries and areas take affect with 2007 statistics. The statistics for prior time periods remain unchanged.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Vanessa Ware at (301) 763-2311 or e-mail at vanessa.ware@census.gov.

• The European Union -
  Bulgaria and Romania will be included in the European Union in exhibit 14 of the FT-900 report and exhibit 6 of the FT-900 supplement.
  
• Euro Area -
  Slovenia will be added to the Euro Area in exhibit 14 of the FT-900 report and exhibit 6 of the FT-900 supplement.
  
• OPEC -
  Angola will be added to OPEC in exhibit 14 of the FT-900 report and exhibit 3 and 6 of the FT-900 supplement.
  
• Serbia and Montenegro -
  The former country of Serbia and Montenegro will be listed as two countries in exhibits 6 and 6a of the FT-900 supplement.