"c VAR 0070 07014 IM CRUDE R 905-956 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0070 LOC 591 WIDTH 9 DK 10 COL 26-34 " "c EXP DEC= 2 " "c " "c IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION OF CRUDE MATERIALS " "c ------------------------------------------ " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 07014 " "c AREA COVERED: U.S. " "c UNITS: MILLIONS OF DOLLARS " "c ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE " "c QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE " "c MONTHLY COVERAGE: 07/1905-05/1956 " "c SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE " "c SOURCE: MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE (JULY, " "c 1905-JUNE, 1914); MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE (JULY, " "c 1914 - APRIL, 1951) AND SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS. CHANGED " "c TO QUARTERLY SUMMARY, APRIL, 1951 THROUGH 1956. SURVEY OF " "c CURRENT BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENTS FOR 1951 AND 1953, " "c AND MONTHLY ISSUES, EXCEPT FOR REVISED FIGURES OBTAINED FROM " "c SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS DIRECT. " "c " "c NOTES: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND LABOR, BUREAU OF " "c STATISTICS (JULY, 1905-JUNE, 1912) AND U.S. DEPARTMENT OF " "c COMMERCE, BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE (JULY, " "c 1912-MARCH, 1941); BUREAU OF THE CENSUS THEREAFTER. " "c NOTES: IMPORTS FOR OCTOBER, 1922 INCLUDE APPROXIMATELY " "c 69.00 FROM SEPTEMBER 22-30 UNDER THE TARIFF LAW OF 1922. " "c BEGINNING JANUARY, 1934, THE SERIES IS CALLED IMPORTS " "c FOR CONSUMPTION INSTEAD OF GENERAL IMPORTS. " "c GENERAL IMPORTS ARE DEFINED AS MERCHANDISE ENTERED FOR " "c IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION PLUS MERCHANDISE ENTERED FOR STORAGE " "c IN BONDED WAREHOUSES. " "c IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION ARE DEFINED AS MERCHANDISE " "c ENTERED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION PLUS MERCHANDISE WITHDRAWN " "c FROM BONDED WAREHOUSES FOR CONSUMPTION. " "c FOR THE YEARS 1942-1946 THE FIGURES WERE FURNISHED BY " "c THE SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, CURRENT BUSINESS ANALYSIS " "c DIVISION, WITH A LETTER OF JANUARY 28, 1954. THEY INCLUDE " "c REVISIONS DUE TO THE REVALUATION OF TIN ORE THAT HAVE NOT " "c BEEN PUBLISHED. AFTER 1946, FIGURES ARE TAKED FROM SURVEY " "c OF CURRENT BUSINESS, AND CHECKED WHENEVER POSSIBLE WITH " "c MONTHLY AND QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE TOTALS. " "c MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE BECOMES QUARTERLY " "c AFTER THE APRIL, 1951 ISSUE, BUT EARLIER MONTHLY ISSUES DO " "c NOT SHOW REVISED BACK DATA. " "c IN SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS APRIL, 1956 THE DATA ARE " "c GIVEN AS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THEY ARE OBTAINED BY " "c SUBTRACTION FROM QUARTERLY FIGURE IN QUARTERLY SUMMARY OF " "c FOREIGN COMMERCE BEGINNING IN FEBRUARY, 1955. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY. " "c " "c ............................................................... "