"c           VAR 0006      07023 TOT EXP  R 866-969               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0006         LOC   15 WIDTH  9             DK   1 COL 17-25  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  1                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              TOTAL EXPORTS                                                 "
"c              -------------                                                 "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  07023                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF DOLLARS                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1866-10/1969                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  1866-1909 DATA ARE FROM MONTHLY SUMARY OF COMMERCE   "
"c              AND FINANCE, DECEMBER, 1910 SUPPLEMENT"CALENDAR YEAR          "
"c              STATEMENTS," 1910, PP. 1120-1126.  1910-JUNE, 1914 DATA ARE   "
"c              FROM SUCCESSIVE ISSUES OF MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND     "
"c              FINANCE.  BEGINNING WITH JULY, 1914 ENTRIES, THE DATA ARE     "
"c              FROM MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE, SUCCESSIVE ISSUES.  "
"c              1942-1944 DATA ARE FROM FOREIGN COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION;      "
"c              BEGINNING WITH 1945, THE DATA ARE FROM MONTHLY SUMMARY OF     "
"c              FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES (ISSUED QUARTERLY       "
"c              BEGINNING IN APRIL, 1951.  BEGINNING WITH 1946 DATA, SEE      "
"c              SUMMARY REPORT  FT 900-E, TOTAL EXPORT TRADE.  REVISED BACK   "
"c              FIGURES MAY BE FOUND IN WORLD TRADE INFORMATION SERVICE       "
"c              STATISTICAL REPORTS, PART 3, TOTAL EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE    "
"c              OF THE UNITED STATES (THROUGH THE 1962 ISSUES); UNITED        "
"c              STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OVERSEAS BUSINESS (BUREAU OF   "
"c              INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE) 1962-1965 ISSUES; BUREAU OF THE       "
"c              CENSUS, HIGHLIGHTS OF UNITED STATES EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE   "
"c              (FT 990), MONTHLY, BEGINNING IN 1967.  SCATTERED REVISIONS    "
"c              FOR 1946-1963 ARE FROM 1963 ISSUE OF FOREIGN COMMERCE AND     "
"c              NAVIGATION (PREPRINT TABLE 2/21/66).                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  AFTER JUNE, 1913, THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF     "
"c              COMMERCE AND LABOR (ONE OF THE COLLECTORS OF THE DATA         "
"c              PRESENTED HERE) IS NAMED THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.  AFTER   "
"c              APRIL, 1941, THE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC IS REPLACED   "
"c              AS THE COLLECTOR OF DATA BY THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS.         "
"c                   THE NOVEMBER, 1872 FIGURE WAS MISPRINTED IN THE SOURCE   "
"c              TO READ 50.45.  HERE IT IS GIVEN AS 50.2.                     "
"c                   BEGINNING WITH JULY, 1950, MILITARY GRAND-AID SHIPMENTS  "
"c              HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM EXPORT FIGURES; OTHER GOVERNMENT    "
"c              SHIPMENTS, SUCH AS VARIOUS TYPES OF CIVILIAN AID ARE          "
"c              INCLUDED IN EXPORTS.                                          "
"c                   CERTAIN PROCEDURAL CHANGES RESULTED IN A HIGHER          "
"c              CARRY-OVER INTO THE SUCCEEDING MONTH RESPECTIVELY IN JANUARY  "
"c              1955, APRIL 1955, AND JANUARY 1957.  THIS AFFECTS THE         "
"c              COMPARABILITY FROM MONTH TO MONTH IN THE MONTHS MENTIONED.    "
"c              THE AMMOUNTS ARE $15-$25 MILLIONS IN JANUARY 1955, $20-$25    "
"c              MILLIONS IN APRIL 1955, AND APPROXIMATELY $30 MILLIONS IN     "
"c              JANUARY 1957 (SEE FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS NOTES, APRIL AND   "
"c              JUNE 1955, AND MARCH 1957 AS WELL AS FT 900, APRIL 1955 AND   "
"c              FT 900-E, JANUARY 1958.                                       "
"c                   ACCELERATED VESSEL LOADING TOOK PLACE IN SEPTEMBER 1959  "
"c              IN ANTICIPATION OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE.  MERCHANDISE    "
"c              LOADED IN SEPTEMBER ON VESSELS DEPARTING OCTOBER 1ST OR       "
"c              LATER IS INCLUDED IN THE OCTOBER FIGURES.                     "
"c                   THE DATA FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1963 REFLECT THE      "
"c              DOCK STRIKE EFFECT SHOWN IN INCREASED SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO THE  "
"c              START OF THE STRIKE.                                          "
"c                   DECEMBER 1964 THROUGH APRIL 1965 DATA WERE INFLUENCED    "
"c              BY A DOCK STRIKE AT EAST COAST AND GULF COAST PORTS (SEE FT   "
"c              900-E, NOVEMBER 24, 1965).                                    "
"c                   FT 900-E AND FT 900-I HAVE BEEN COMBINED INTO ONE        "
"c              REPORT, FT 900, EXPORT AND MERCHANDISE TRADE, BEGINNING IN    "
"c              MAY, 1968.                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/11/94.                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "