[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 000105005-0005-01]
RIN 0607-XX53


Annual Trade Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Determination.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) is conducting 
the Annual Trade Survey. The U.S. Census Bureau has determined that it 
needs to collect data covering annual sales, e-commerce sales, year-end 
inventories, and purchases.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Scheleur or Dorothy Engleking, 
Service Sector Statistics Division, on (301) 457-2713.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Annual Trade Survey is a continuation of 
similar wholesale trade surveys conducted each year since 1978. It 
provides, on a comparable classification basis, annual sales, year-end 
inventories, and purchases for 1998 and 1999. These data are not 
available publicly on a timely basis from nongovernmental or other 
governmental sources.
    The U.S. Census Bureau will require a selected sample of firms 
operating merchant wholesale establishments in the United States (with 
sales size determining the probability of selection) to report in the 
1999 Annual Trade Survey. We will furnish report forms to the firms 
covered by this survey and will require their submissions within thirty 
days after receipt. The sample will provide, with measurable 
reliability, statistics on the subjects specified above.
    The U.S. Census Bureau is authorized to take surveys necessary to 
furnish current data on the subjects covered by the major censuses 
authorized by Title 13, United States Code, Sections 182, 224, and 225. 
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 census. These data 
will provide a sound statistical basis for the formation of policy by 
various government agencies. These data also apply to a variety of 
public and business needs.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure 
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of 
information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 United States 
Code, Chapter 35, the OMB approved the Annual Trade Survey under OMB 
Control Number 0607-0195. We will furnish report forms to organizations 
included in the survey, and additional copies are available on written 
request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0101.
    Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that an annual survey be 
conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.

    Dated: December 27, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 00-771 Filed 1-12-00; 8:45 am]
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