Adjustment of U. S. Merchandise Trade Data for Price Change

By Department of Commerce

Book Id: WPLBN0000698468
Format Type: PDF eBook:
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Reproduction Date: 2000

Title:	Adjustment of U. S. Merchandise Trade Data for Price Change
Author:	Department of Commerce
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Introduction: The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) introduced a new constant dollar series (2000 = 100) in the April 2003 release of the FT900, ?U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services?. The fixed weighted series, published since 1990, was discontinued at that time. This paper explains the chained Fisher methodology, its benefits, and where additional information on the chained Fisher methodology can be found.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: A. Purpose of the Paper -- B. Source of the Statistics -- C. Recent Major Changes -- II. Data Quality Assessment: -- A. Undocumented Shipments -- o Exports Through Canada -- o Reconciliations -- o Customs Compliance Studies -- o Northbound Shipments -- o Foreign Trade Zones -- B. Transiting Goods -- C. Underestimation of Low Valued Transactions -- D. Late Filing -- E. Reporting Errors -- F. Data Capture Errors -- G. Quality and Automated Reporting -- H. Disclosure Avoidance -- I. Requests for Re-Verification of Trade Statistics -- III. Adjustments: -- A. Adjustments for Seasonal and Trading Day Variation -- B. Adjustment for Price Change -- IV. Conclusion -- V. Appendices: -- A. Import Entry Summary -- B. Shipper?s Export Declaration -- C. Annotated Bibliography -- D. Glossary of Acronyms