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Foreign Trade
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Data Request Guidelines
Before Submitting a Data Request
- A company may receive 12 months of data free of charge every 365 days
- - For additional months or multiple requests, the company will be charged $125 per month
- If you are a parent company, verify with your subsidiaries to ensure a request was not submitted in the last 365 days
- If you are a wholly owned subsidiary, verify with your parent company to ensure a request was not submitted in the last 365 days
- For paid requests, please provide one of the following:
- - A check payable to Commerce/Census/ITMD, sent to the address below, or;
- A completed Credit Card Form, sent to our secure fax at 301-763-8835
How to Submit a Data Request
Mail Request Letter to:
Ms. Wendy Peebles
Chief, Trade Outreach Branch
U.S. Census Bureau
4600 Silver Hill Road - Room 6K121
Suitland, MD 20746 (if sent by FedEx) or Washington DC 20233 (Regular Mail)*
* Due to security measures, requests sent via Regular Mail can take up to 2 weeks more to receive.
What to Include on the Data Request Letter:
** Requests are typically processed within 3-4 weeks; however, requests that contain 25 or more EINs may take 4 weeks or longer to process
- Submit on company letterhead
- Identify the party requesting export data:
- United States Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) or;
- U.S. Authorized Agent- Reason for request (i.e. internal company audit)
- **Employer Identification Number(s) (EINs) and names of the requesting company and all subsidiaries, affiliates, or business units
- Specific time frame for request (e.g. January 2013 through December 2013)
- Contact Information:
- Name of Company,
- Address,
- Phone Number, Fax Number, and Email Address- Signature of empowered official
- A copy of the signed Certification of Authority.
Review a Sample Data Request
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