| 1. Do you include in trade statistics non-monetary gold? | YES |
2. Do you include in trade statistics trade on government account?
Comment: Except exports of office furniture, office supplies, and the return of such office equipment of domestic origin by or for the account of U.S. government agencies. | YES |
3. Do you include in trade statistics military goods?
Comment: Except those returned by or for account of U.S. military, and shipments to U.S. military bases for construction and maintenance, to military exchange systems, post exchanges, officers' and enlisted men's clubs. | YES |
4. Do you include in trade statistics electricity, gas and water?
Comment: Trade in electricity included for trade with Canada only. | YES |
5. Do you include in trade statistics postal items?
Comment: For exports, data taken from Shipper's Export Declarations required to be presented to the postmaster at the time of mailing. No data on imports by mail. | YES |
6. Do you include in trade statistics goods used as carriers of information and software (not to order)?
Comment: Value is based on the carrier medium, i.e., the paper, magnetic tape, disk, etc. on which the data are recorded. | YES |
7. Do you include in trade statistics trade in marine vessels and aircraft that engage in international traffic?
Comment: Purchase/sale of vessels and aircraft is included. Source or destination country is based on the country to or from which ownership is transferred. | YES |
8. Do you include in trade statistics mobile equipment (i.e. drilling rigs) operating in international waters?
Comment: Rigs built in U.S., sold to foreign countries and subsequently towed to international waters would be treated as exports; rigs purchased by U.S. would not be recorded as imports, assuming they would not enter U.S. territorial waters. | NO |
| 9. Do you include in trade statistics goods delivered to and from offshore installations located in the economic territory of the compiling country? | NO |
| 10. Do you include in trade statistics trade in products mined from the seabed in international waters? | NO |
| 11. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage supplied to foreign vessels or aircraft in the national territory? | NO |
| 12. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage sold from foreign vessels or aircraft in the national territory? | NO |
13. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage landed from foreign vessels in national ports?
Comment: When the fish were caught in foreign territorial waters. Fish caught by foreign vessels on the high seas may not be landed in U.S. ports. | YES |
| 14. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage acquired by national vessels on the high seas from foreign vessels? | NO |
| 15. Do you include in trade statistics goods for processing? | YES |
| 16. Do you include in trade statistics goods on financial lease (one year or more)? | YES |
| 17. Do you include in trade statistics illegal trade? | NO |
18. Do you include in trade statistics barter trade?
Comment: Non-commercial transactions are to be included at the market value of the goods. | YES |
| 19. Do you include in trade statistics foreign aid? | YES |
| 20. Do you include in trade statistics local border trade? | YES |
| 21. Do you include in trade statistics goods consigned by a government to its armed forces and diplomatic representatives abroad? | NO |
| 22. Do you include in trade statistics monetary gold? | NO |
23. Do you include in trade statistics issued securities, banknotes and coins in circulation?
Comment: Applies to coins other than gold or silver. Coins of gold or silver are included in the statistics at their selling price, because the value of the precious metal far exceeds the face value of the coin. | NO |
| 24. Do you include in trade statistics bunkers, stores, ballast and dunnage acquired abroad for national vessels or aircraft? | NO |
25. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage sold abroad from national vessels?
Comment: Only fish sold abroad from national vessels that have cleared U.S. Customs are included. | NO |
| 26. Do you include in trade statistics fish and salvage sold to foreign vessels from national vessels? | NO |
| 27. Do you include in trade statistics goods on operational lease (less than one year)? | NO |
28. Do you include in trade statistics improvement and repair trade?
Comment: Only the value of the repair is included. | YES |
| 29. Do you include in trade statistics goods on temporary admission? | NO |
| 30. Is transit trade (i.e. goods simply being transported through the territory) excluded from the import and export statistics? | YES |
31. Are separate data available in respect of transit trade?
Comment: For vessel shipments only. | YES |
| 32. Is there a minimum value below which a transaction is not included in the trade statistics? | YES |
33. If Yes, what is that value in respect of exports?
Comment: Less than $2,500; estimates are made by country of destination. | > $999 |
34. If Yes, what is that value in respect of imports?
Comment: Less than $1,250 (except for textiles, less than $250); estimates are made by country of origin. | > $999 |
| 35. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for aircraft? | YES |
| 36. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for radio navigational aids, radars and radio remote control apparatus? | NO |
| 37. In the compilation of trade statistics, do you distinguish between civilian and military uses for chemicals, leather, rubber, clothing etc.? | NO |
| 38. Are there customs warehouses/customs bonded warehouses in your country? | YES |
| 39. Are there free zones (free ports, entrepôt ports, free warehouses) in your country? | YES |
| 40. Are there warehouses for inward processing? | NO |
| 41. Do you use the general trade system? | YES |
42. If Yes, are separate data available for domestic exports (goods of national origin)?
Comment: Only export statistics are compiled this way, with a distinction being made between domestic ("national") exports and foreign exports ("re-exports"). | YES |
| 43. If Yes, are separate data available for re-exports of imported goods in free circulation? | YES |
| 44. If Yes, are separate data available for exports from customs bonded warehouses and free zones? | NO |
| 45. If Yes, are separate data available for imports into customs bonded warehouses and free zones? | YES |
| 46. If Yes, are separate data available for exports from inward processing zones? | NO |
| 47. If Yes, are separate data available for imports into inward processing zones? | NO |
48. Do you use the special trade system?
Comment: Special trade imports are also referred to as imports for consumption. | YES |
| 49. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for imports into premises for customs warehousing? | YES |
| 50. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for exports from premises for customs warehousing? | NO |
| 51. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for exports from premises for inward processing? | NO |
| 52. If you use the special trade system, are separate data available for imports into premises for inward processing? | NO |
| 53. Is the statistical value of imported goods a CIF-type value? | YES |
| 54. Is the statistical value of exported goods an FOB-type value? | NO |
55. Do you use some other valuation for imports?
Comment: Customs value, i.e., the value as appraised by the U.S. Customs Service, and generally defined as the price actually paid or payable for merchandise when sold for exportation to the United States. | YES |
56. Do you use some other valuation for exports?
Comment: F.a.s. | YES |
| 57. Are data separately available for freight and insurance costs? | YES |
58. Do you classify imports by country of origin or production?
Comment: Country of origin (but, where country of origin cannot be determined, country of shipment). | YES |
| 59. Do you classify imports by country of consignment? | NO |
| 60. Do you classify imports by country of purchase? | NO |
| 61. Do you classify exports by country of consumption or home use? | NO |
62. Do you classify exports by country of last known destination?
Comment: Country of destination (but, where country of destination cannot be determined, shipment is credited to the last country to which the shipper knows that the merchandise will be shipped in the same form as when exported). | YES |
| 63. Do you classify exports by country of sale? | NO |
| 64. Do you compile total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | NO |
| 65. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | N/A |
| 66. What is the latest year for which total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale are available? | N/A |
| 67. Do you compile the total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | YES |
68. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase?
Comment: Monthly data. | pre 1990 |
69. What is the latest year for which total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase are available?
Comment: Monthly series released with the standard trade statistics. | 1995 on |
| 70. Do you compile the total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | NO |
| 71. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | N/A |
| 72. What is the latest year for which total exports from warehouses for inward processing by country of consumption/consignment or destination/sale are available? | N/A |
| 73. Do you compile the total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | NO |
| 74. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | N/A |
| 75. What is the latest year for which total imports into warehouses for inward processing by country of origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase are available? | N/A |
| 76. Do you compile the total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | NO |
| 77. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | N/A |
| 78. What is the latest year for which total exports from customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports are available? | N/A |
| 79. Do you compile the total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | YES |
80. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports?
Comment: Monthly data. | pre 1990 |
81. What is the latest year for which total imports into customs warehouses or free zones by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports are available?
Comment: See footnote 66. | pre 1995 |
| 82. Do you compile the total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | NO |
| 83. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | N/A |
| 84. What is the latest year for which total exports from warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country for exports are available? | N/A |
| 85. Do you compile the total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | NO |
| 86. In what year did you begin compiling annual data on total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | N/A |
| 87. What is the latest year for which total imports into warehouses for inward processing by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports are available? | N/A |
88. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available on tape?
Comment: Data are only in internal database and could be produced in any output form - tape, diskette, CD-ROM or printed copy. | YES |
89. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available on diskette?
Comment: See footnote 88. | YES |
90. Are the data referred in questions 76 - 87 available in a publication?
Comment: See footnote 88. | YES |
| 91. Do you use the Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (CCCN)? | NO |
92. Do you use the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS)?
Comment: 10-digit. | YES |
93. Do you use the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)?
Comment: SITC, Rev.3, 5-digit. | YES |
94. Do you use classifications other than CCCN, HS and SITC?
Comment: Standard Industrial Classification, end-use groupings. | YES |
| 95. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use HS? | YES |
| 96. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.1? | NO |
| 97. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.2? | NO |
| 98. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use SITC, Rev.3? | NO |
| 99. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use the Customs Co-operation Council Nomenclature (CCCN)? | NO |
| 100. For coding commodities in the basic transactions, do you use a classification other than CCCN, HS and SITC? | NO |
| 101. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.1? | NO |
| 102. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.2? | NO |
| 103. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to SITC, Rev.3? | YES |
| 104. If you use HS or another classification system for coding the basic transactions, do you convert data to another classification? | YES |
105. Is confidentiality applied to certain products?
Comment: Certain detailed cells may be combined for quantity and/or value to prevent disclosure of confidential information. | YES |
| 106. Do you use customs declarations as a source? | YES |
107. If you use customs declarations as a source, do you use other sources as well?
Comment: Data on goods exported to Canada are based upon Canadian import declarations. | YES |
108. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date goods enter/leave the economic territory?
Comment: For exports. | YES |
109. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date of customs clearance?
Comment: For imports. | YES |
| 110. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date of receipt of the source document at the statistical agency? | NO |
| 111. Is the date used for recording external trade statistics other than indicated in questions 108-110? | NO |
112. Is conversion of foreign currencies into national currency based on the prevailing market or on the official rate?
Comment: Value is required to be reported in US$. | N/A |
| 113. Is conversion of foreign currencies into national currency based on an official rate established solely for conversion of trade data? | NO |
| 114. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion? | N/A |
| 115. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion for exports? | N/A |
| 116. Are different (multiple) rates used in currency conversion for imports? | N/A |
| 117. Is the exchange rate used for currency conversion that which is in effect at the time of exportation or importation? | NO |
118. Is the exchange rate used for currency conversion a rate different from that which is in effect at the time of exportation or importation?
Comment: A rate issued by U.S. Customs, based on the rate on the first day of the quarter, unless the rate changes by more than 5% during the quarter, in which case the daily rate is used. | YES |
| 119. Monthly data become available in (days): | > 1month |
| 120. Quarterly data become available in (days): | N/A |
121. Annual data become available in (days):
Comment: Number of days varies. | N/A |
| 122. On what basis can you provide data on total imports? | Monthly |
| 123. On what basis can you provide data on total exports? | Monthly |
| 124. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports? | Monthly |
| 125. On what basis can you provide data on total imports by any of the following partner country attributions: origin or production/consignment or provenance/purchase? | Monthly |
| 126. On what basis can you provide data on total exports by any of the following partner country attributions: consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | Monthly |
| 127. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports by any of the following partner country attributions: consumption/consignment or destination/sale? | Monthly |
| 128. On what basis can you provide data on total imports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for imports? | Monthly |
| 129. On what basis can you provide data on total exports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | Monthly |
| 130. On what basis can you provide data on total re-exports by commodity and by any of the partner country attributions for exports? | Monthly |
| 131. On what basis can you provide other data?.........(Please specify.) | N/A |
| 132. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available on tape? | YES |
| 133. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available on diskette? | YES |
| 134. Are the data referred to the questions 122 - 131 available in a publication? | YES |
| 135. Do you have available external trade data by air? | YES |
| 136. Do you have available external trade data by sea? | YES |
| 137. Do you have available external trade data by inland waterway? | NO |
| 138. Do you have available external trade data by railway? | NO |
| 139. Do you have available external trade data by road? | NO |
| 140. Do you have available external trade data by pipeline? | NO |
141. Do you have available external trade data by other mode of transportation?
Comment: "Other mode of transport" is a consolidation of rail, road, pipeline and postal; detailed records have individual indicators for these modes but data are not compiled and published separately. | YES |
| 142. Do you collect quantity data? | YES |
143. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of all commodities where applicable?
Comment: Gross shipping weight is collected for all vessel and air shipments. | NO |
| 144. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of most commodities? | NO |
| 145. Do you use a standard unit of weight for quantity measurement of a few selected commodities? | NO |
146. For commodities where a unit of quantity measurement other than weight is commonly used, do you use this unit in addition to weight?
Comment: Units of quantity are generally based upon what is most commonly used for the product. For some codes, typically miscellaneous or parts codes, no quantity is required. For some areas of trade quantity data are collected based upon two units of quantity | NO |
147. For commodities where a unit of quantity measurement other than weight is commonly used, do you use only this unit?
Comment: See footnote 146. | NO |
| 148. Do you use units of weight on a net basis (e.g. excluding packing)? | NO |
| 149. Do you use units of weight on a gross basis? | YES |
| 150. Do you use for ships, number of ships? | YES |
| 151. Do you use for ships, gross registered tons? | NO |
| 152. Do you use for ships, dead-weight tons? | NO |
153. Do you use for ships, other quantity units?
Comment: Net registered tons. | YES |
| 154. Do you use for aircraft, number of planes? | YES |
| 155. Do you use for aircraft their carrying capacity in terms of number of seats and/or kilograms? | NO |
| 156. Do you use for aircraft other quantity units? | NO |
