[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 47546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22719]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census
[Docket No. 950901225-5225-01]


Annual Trade Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Determination.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Title 13, United States Code, Sections 182, 
224, and 225, I have determined the Census Bureau needs to collect data 
covering year-end inventories, annual sales, and purchases to provide a 
sound statistical basis for the formation of policy by various 
governmental agencies. These data also apply to a variety of public and 
business needs. This annual survey is a continuation of similar 
wholesale trade surveys conducted each year since 1978. It provides on 
a comparable classification basis annual sales and purchases for 1995 
and inventories for 1994 and 1995. These data are not available 
publicly on a timely basis from nongovernmental or other governmental 
sources.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy A. Piesto or Edward Murphy on 
(301) 457-2779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Census Bureau is authorized to take 
surveys necessary to furnish current data on subjects covered by the 
major censuses authorized by Title 13, United States Code. This survey 
will provide continuing and timely national statistical data on 
wholesale trade for the period between economic censuses. The data 
collected in this survey will be within the general scope and nature of 
those inquiries covered in the economic censuses.
    The Census Bureau will require selected firms operating merchant 
wholesale establishments in the United States (with sales size 
determining the probability of selection) to report in the 1995 Annual 
Trade Survey. We will furnish report forms to the firms covered by this 
survey and will require their submission within thirty days after 
receipt. The sample will provide, with measurable reliability, 
statistics on the subjects specified above. This survey has been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, Public Law 96-511, as amended, and was 
cleared under OMB Control No. 0607-0195. We will provide copies of the 
form upon written request to the Director, Bureau of the Census, 
Washington, DC 20233.
    Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that an annual survey be 
conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.

    Dated: September 6, 1995.
Martha Farnsworth Riche,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 95-22719 Filed 9-12-95; 8:45 am]
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