NOTICE - New U.S. Census Bureau Report on U.S. International Trade in Goods

On July 30, 2015, at 8:30 a.m., the U.S. Census Bureau will introduce a new release, “Advance Report: U.S. International Trade in Goods.” This report will:

• Be released monthly, 4-7 business days in advance of the “U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services” report (FT-900).
• Present advance statistics for the reference month. For example, the July 30 release will feature advance statistics for June 2015.
• Contain statistics for international trade in goods on a Census basis by principal end-use category.
• Include both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted statistics.
• Not include statistics for trade in goods on a balance of payments basis or statistics for trade in services, both of which will continue to be featured in the FT-900.
• Be available at www.census.gov/trade.

In accordance with Section 7 of the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Statistical Policy Directive No. 3, OMB granted the Census Bureau an exception to the previously approved schedule for the release of the FT-900. OMB granted the exception for the sole purpose of publicly releasing advance monthly statistics on trade in goods.

The new report will present two sets of statistics: “Advance” statistics, which reflect partial coverage, and “Final” statistics, which reflect complete coverage and correspond to the most recently published statistics in Exhibits 6 and 13 of the FT-900. Sample exhibits of the new report are available below.

Advance Release sample files: [XLS] [PDF]

The release schedule for this report through December 2015 is as follows:

If you have questions, please contact the Census Bureau, Economic Indicators Division, on (800) 549-0595, option 4, on (301) 763-2311, or at [email protected].