Foreign Trade

Announcements and Information Papers

Contents:

• Announcements
• Information Papers
• Presentations

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Announcements

• Shorter Foreign Trade Web Addresses (Jan. 06, 2004)
  
  
• Census Transfers Schedule K Maintenance to Maritime Administration (posted Jan. 29, 1999)
  
  
• Department of Commerce to Release Preliminary Data on Monthly Imports of Steel Products (Jan. 21, 1999)
  
  
• Census Ceases Production of U.S. Foreign Waterborne Statistics (Oct. 1, 1998)
  
  
• Guidance on providing export classification assisitance (Feb. 6, 1997)
  
  
• Census Ceases Publication of Intransit data (Jul. 14, 1997)

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Information Papers

• Updated U.S. Merchandise Trade Statistics: A Quality Profile (Posted October 15, 2014)
  • PDF (98K)

• Seasonal Adjustment of Chained Dollars (Posted Mar. 9, 2012)

  • Freqeuntly Asked Questions

• State Data Series - An Explanation (Posted Mar. 11, 2010)

• Import and Export Low Value Estimation Change (Posted December 10, 2009)

• Foreign Trade Zones Guidelines (PDF) (1.8 MB)

• Effect of Mandatory Electronic Filing on Export Data (Jan. 14, 2009)

• Adjustment of U.S. Merchandise Trade Data For Price Change (Posted April 6, 2004)
  
  
• US - Canada Data Exchange1990-2001 (Posted April 19, 2002)
  
  

• Merchandise Trade Reconciliation: United States-Mexico-Canada
  • United States-Mexico-Canada
    • U.S. Report, 1998-1999 (October 1, 2001)
      • PDF (40k)
      • TXT (23k)
    • U.S. Report, 1996-1997 (August 3, 2000)
      • PDF (39k)
      • TXT (28k)
    • Partner country web sites
      • Stats Canada (Canada)
      • INEGI (Mexico) (In Spanish)
  • Other Countries
    • Australia, 1993-1994
      • PDF (726k)
    • Brazil, 2012-2014
      • PDF (2.3 MB)
    • China, 2008, 2009 & 2010
      • PDF (1.5 MB)
    • China, 2000, 2004 & 2006
      • PDF (89k)
    • China, 1992-1993
      • PDF (546k)
    • Korea, 1992
      • PDF (453k)
    • Japan, 1992
      • PDF (604k)
        
        
• Imports & Exports by Related Parties
  
  
• 1998 Annual National State Data Centers meeting - FTD presentation (Posted Oct. 28, 1998)
  
  
• Outbound Process Improvements: Quality of U.S. Export Trade Statistics (Sep. 16, 1998)
  
  

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Presentations

• Presentation Slides: Inaugural Understanding International Trade Conference - November 14, 2018 [PDF]
• 2012 Understanding and Using Foreign Trade Data - June 26, 2012 [PowerPoint]
• Understanding Foreign Trade Data
  • Presentations MS PowerPoint, 4.5 MB (posted 11 November 2011)
• International Trade Statistics Conference # 4 - Meeting Notes (posted 14 January 2009)
• Internet Tools for Export Compliance (posted 18 March 2003)
  • MS PowerPoint, 8 MB
  • Graphic files of each slide
• Exporter of Record (PDF) (posted 29 October 1999)
• AES Option 4 Update (PDF) (losted 29 October 1999)
• 1998 Annual National State Data Center Meeting (PDF) (posted 28 October 1998)

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