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NEW TRADE RELEASE - Preliminary U.S. Trade for the Gulf Region

The U.S. Census Bureau has released preliminary trade statistics for the Gulf region. (21 October 2005)

Trade Deficit Increases in August 2005

The Nation’s international deficit in goods and services increased to $59.0 billion in August from $58.0 billion (revised) in July, as imports increased more than exports. (13 October 2005)

Profile of U.S. Exporting Companies, 2002-2003

The exporter profiles provide users with information about the exporting community including employment size, type of company, and major foreign markets. (13 July 2005)

2004 Annual Revisions

In this release, the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis are jointly publishing revised data on U.S. trade in goods for 2002-2004 and revised data on services for 1992-2004. (10 June 2005)

Kimberley Certificate Process: Export Requirements

The U.S. Census Bureau is amending the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations to require that the Kimberley Process Certificate number for the exports and reexports of rough diamonds be filed through AES (the Automated Export System). (PDF, 56k) (TXT, 8k)

Comments Received on NPR Regarding Full Mandatory Filing

A "Notice of Proposed Rule Making" was released on February 17, 2005 and is available online. There was a great deal of feedback.(05 May 2005)

Related Party Trade: 2004

The U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, announced today that in 2004 related party trade accounted for $950 billion or 42 percent of total goods trade. (12 April 2005)

Mandatory Electronic Export Filing

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) proposes to amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations to implement provisions in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Specifically, the Census Bureau proposes to require mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or through AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export Declaration is currently required, in addition to other changes. (PDF, 470k) (TXT, 193k) (18 February 2005)