Commerce Business Apps Challenge

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Commerce Business Apps Challenge
Commerce is challenging developers to look for
innovative ways to utilize DOC and other publicly
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create jobs. 10,000 USD in prizes (1st -
5,000 2nd - 3,000 and 3rd 2,000) Contest
ends April 30, 2012 _at_ 1100 PM EDT For more
information, visit http//docbusinessapps.challen
ge.gov/
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Introduction to Foreign Trade Statistics

• Presented by Mala Mistry
• Foreign Trade Division
• U.S. Census Bureau

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Foreign Trade Division

• The Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census
  Bureau is the official source for U.S. export and
  import statistics and is responsible for issuing
  regulations governing the reporting of all export
  shipments from the United States.

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Why are Foreign Trade Statistics Important?

• Analyze market share
• Find emerging markets
• Measure the impact of foreign competition

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What are Trade Statistics?

• Exports
• Measure of goods grown, produced, or manufactured
  in the U.S. that are shipped to other countries.
• Imports
• Measure the arrival of goods into the U.S. from
  other countries
• Balance of Trade
• Exports Imports Balance of Trade

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Classification Systems

• North American Industry Classification System
  (NAICS)
• Standard International Classification System
  (SITC)
• End-Use
• Advanced Technology Products (ATP)
• Harmonized System (HS)

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Foreign Trade Website
www.census.gov/trade
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Foreign Trade Datasets

• International Trade in Goods in Services Release
  (FT-900)
• Historical Series
• State Data
• Country Data
• Advanced Technology Products
• End-Use
• NAICS Web Application
• SITC Web Application
• Economic Indicator Database

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FT900 U.S. International Trade in Goods
Services Report

• This report is released jointly with the Bureau
  of Economic Analysis. It can be used to
• Analyze economic, financial, and trade policy
• Calculate the GDP
• Conduct market analysis by country and selected
  products

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Historical Series
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/historical

• Annual goods and services 1960 - present
• Monthly goods and services 1992 - present
• Monthly Chained (2005) Dollars 1994 present
• Monthly U.S. Imports of Crude Oil 1973 - present

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State Data
www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/

• Data available for each state (based on 2011
  values)
• Top 25 commodities exported
• Top 25 commodities imported
• Top 25 trading partners

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State Data by Commodity
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State Data by Country
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Country Data
http//www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance

• We have individual pages with monthly and annual
  totals of the trade balance, exports, and imports
  for
• Each country
• Country groupings (European Union, Africa, NAFTA,
  etc.)
• Advanced Technology Products
• Total Seasonally Adjusted
• Total Not Seasonally Adjusted
• Full dataset download

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Country Data Example
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Advanced Technology Products (ATP)

• ATP by Country
• www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/product/at
  p

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Advanced Technology Products (ATP)

• ATP by Country continued

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Advanced Technology Products (ATP)

• Country by ATP

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End Use

• Exports www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/p
  roduct/enduse/exports
• Imports www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/p
  roduct/enduse/imports

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NAICS Web Application

• http//censtats.census.gov/naic3_6/naics3_6.shtml

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NAICS Web Application
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SITC Web Application

• http//censtats.census.gov/sitc/sitc.shtml

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Economic Indicator Database

• www.census.gov/econ/currentdata

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Economic Indicator Database
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Additional Information

• Export training videos
• Global Reach Blog
  http//globalreach.blogs.census.gov

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Contact information

• Commerce Business Apps Challenge
• Website http//docbusinessapps.challenge.gov
• Main Contact Mike Kruger
• Director of Digital
  Strategy
• U.S. Department of
  Commerce
• Email mkruger_at_doc.gov 202-482-2556

Foreign Trade Division Website
http//www.census.gov/trade Phone [phone]
or 1-800-549-0595 option 4 E-mail
ftd.data.dissemination_at_census.gov