[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 230 (Wednesday, December 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55717-55718]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21844]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Monthly Retail Surveys

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information

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collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on August 5, 2025 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: U.S. Census Bureau, Commerce.
    Title: Monthly Retail Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0717.
    Form Number(s): SM-4417S, SM-4417SE, SM-4417SS, SM-4417B, SM-
4417BE, SM-4417BS, SM-7217S, SM-2017I, SM-4417A, SM-4417AE, SM-4417AS, 
SM-7217A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, Request for an Extension, 
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Number of Respondents: 13,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 7 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 18,200.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census Bureau requests an extension of the 
Monthly Retail Surveys (MRS). The MRS is comprised of two surveys known 
as the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) and the Advance Monthly 
Retail Trade Survey (MARTS). MRS are administered monthly to a sample 
of employer firms (i.e., businesses with paid employees) with 
establishments located in the United States and classified in retail 
trade and/or food services sectors as defined by the North American 
Industry Classification System (NAICS).
    The MRTS provides estimates of monthly retail sales, end-of-month 
merchandise inventories, and quarterly e-commerce sales of retailers in 
the United States. In addition, the survey also provides an estimate of 
monthly sales at food service establishments and drinking places.
    The MARTS, a subsample of MRTS, began in 1953 as a monthly survey 
for activity taking place during the previous month. The MARTS was 
developed in response to requests by government, business, and other 
users to provide an early indication of current retail trade activity 
in the United States. Retail sales are one of the primary measures of 
consumer demand for both durable and non-durable goods. The MARTS also 
provides an estimate of monthly sales at food service establishments 
and drinking places.
    The estimates produced in the MRS are critical to the accurate 
measurement of total economic activity.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 131 and 182.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0607-0717.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-21844 Filed 12-2-25; 8:45 am]
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