Foreign Trade Regulations: Eliminate the Social Security Number as
an Identification Number in the Automated Export System. Available
in PDF or HTML. (5 August 2009)
The Nation’s international deficit in goods and services increased
to $27.0 billion in June from $26.0 billion (revised) in May, as imports
increased more than exports. (12 August 2009)
In this release and the accompanying "U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: April 2009," the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) are jointly publishing revised data on U.S. trade in goods for 2001-2008 and the first three months of 2009 and revised data on services for 2006-2008 and the first three months of 2009. (10 June 2009)
Aircraft Industry Trade Data Changes
The U.S. Census Bureau revised goods export data from January
2004 through December 2008 as a result of analysis of the aircraft
industry. In addition, the Census Bureau began suppressing export
data for certain 10-digit Schedule B commodity classifications related
to the aircraft industry with the release of the January 2009 merchandise
trade report on March 13, 2009. (10 June 2009)
The U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, announced today that in 2008
related-party trade accounted for almost 40 percent ($1,349 billion) of total goods trade.
The U.S. Census Bureau, Department of Commerce, releases the report, A Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies, 2006 - 2007. This report provides information on identified companies and their known export value.
Beginning with the January 2009 statistics scheduled for release in March 2009, the U.S. Census Bureau will modify the structure of several data products to accommodate changing technology and user demand. (18 September 2008)