"c VAR 0067 07028 TOTAL IM R 866-969 MD= 1E-37 " "c REF 0067 LOC 564 WIDTH 9 DK 9 COL 62-70 " "c EXP DEC= 1 " "c " "c TOTAL IMPORTS " "c ------------- " "c " "c NBER SERIES: 07028 " "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: FOR 1866-1909 FIGURES, MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE " "c AND FINANCE, DECEMBER, 1910, PP. 1120-1126; FIGURES FROM " "c 1910 ON, ARE FROM MONTHLY SUMMARY OF COMMERCE AND FINANCE " "c AND MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE; FIGURES FOR " "c 1942-1944, ARE FROM FOREIGN COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, 1944; " "c CALLED MONTHLY SUMMARY OF FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE U.S. " "c THEREAFTER (BECAME A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION FROM APRIL, 1951 " "c ON); CURRENT 1946-1963 DATA IN SUMMARY REPORT FT900-I, TOTAL " "c IMPORT TRADE (MONTHLY). REVISED BACK FIGURES ARE IN WORLD " "c TRADE INFORMATION SERVICE, STATISTICAL REPORTS, PART 3: " "c TOTAL EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE OF U.S. (THROUGH 1962 ISSUES); " "c U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OVERSEAS BUSINESS (BUREAU OF " "c INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE) 1963-1965 ISSUES; BUREAU OF CENSUS, " "c HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S. EXPORT AND IMPORT TRADE (FT990), MONTHLY, " "c 1967 ON. FOR REVISIONS OF 1965-MARCH, 1968 ARE FROM FT990, " "c MARCH, 1969. SCATTERED REVISIONS FOR 1946-1963 FROM 1963 " "c ISSUE OF FOREIGN COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION (PREPRINT TABLE " "c FEBRUARY 21, 1966). " "c " "c NOTES: THIS SERIES IS CALLED"TOTAL IMPORTS, FREE AND " "c DUTIABLE" OR"IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION AND OTHER". " "c FOR JULY, 1953-DECEMBER, 1953, VALUES FOR UNDER $100 " "c SHIPMENTS (ABOUT ONE TENTH OF ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL " "c IMPORT VALUE) FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION FILED ON FORMAL " "c ENTRIES ARE ESTIMATED FROM A TEN PERCENT SAMPLE OF SUCH " "c SHIPMENTS. FROM JANUARY, 1954 ON, VALUES FOR $1 TO $250 " "c FORMAL AND INFORMAL ENTRY SHIPMENTS FOR IMMEDIATE " "c CONSUMPTION (ABOUT ONE PERCENT OF THE TOTAL IMPORT VALUE) " "c ARE ESTIMATED FROM A FIVE PERCENT SAMPLE OF SUCH SHIPMENTS " "c (PRIOR TO 1954 INFORMAL ENTRIES WERE EXCLUDED). EFFECTIVE " "c SEPTEMBER, 1953 THE VALUE LIMIT FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES WAS " "c RAISED FROM $100 TO $250, AND FROM JANUARY, 1954 ON, " "c INFORMAL ENTRIES HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE IMPORT STATISTICS " "c (SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, STATISTICAL SUPPLEMENT 1955, " "c FOOTNOTE TO P. 104). " "c IN ANTICIPATION OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE, CERTAIN " "c IMPORT ENTRIES THAT WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN FILED IN " "c OCTOBER, 1959 AND INCLUDED IN OCTOBER FIGURES, WERE FILED IN " "c SEPTEMBER, AND INCLUDED IN THAT MONTH'S DATA. THE EXTENT OF " "c THIS INCREASE IS NOT KNOWN (FT900-I, DECEMBER, 1959). " "c THE TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY, 1962 INCLUDES ABOUT $9.7 " "c MILLION OF $1-99 FORMAL AND $1-250 INFORMAL ENTRY SHIPMENTS " "c WHICH ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE DATA IN OTHER REPORTS SUCH AS " "c FT110, FT930-I, FT120, IM145, ETC. " "c THERE WAS A DOCK STRIKE IN DECEMBER, 1962 AND JANUARY, " "c 1963. " "c FIGURES FOR DECEMBER, 1964 THROUGH APRIL, 1965 WERE " "c INFLUENCED BY DOCK STRIKE AT EAST COAST AND GULF PORTS (SEE " "c NOTE 4, FI900-I, NOVEMBER 26, 1965). " "c ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE MONTHLY TOTALS FOR " "c THE PERIOD JULY-DECEMBER, 1965 TO REMOVE THE EFFECT OF " "c ABNORMALITIES IN MONTHLY RECEIPTS OF STATISTICAL DOCUMENTS " "c DURING THAT PERIOD. SEE: "U.S. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS," U.S. " "c DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, NOVEMBER 15, 1966, P. 8, NOTE 2. " "c MINOR DISCREPANCIES HAVE BEEN FOUND BETWEEN THE DATA " "c GIVEN HERE BEGINNING IN 1941 AND THE SUMMARY TABLES IN " "c "FOREIGN COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION" THROUGH THE 1946 ISSUE " "c (THE LAST ONE PUBLISHED IN THAT SET) SUCH AS JUNE AND " "c OCTOBER 1943 WHICH READ 296.3 AND 329.3 RESPECTIVELY IN THE " "c PRINTED TABLE. THEY HAVE BEEN DISREGARDED HERE. " "c " "c CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 3/11/94. " "c " "c ............................................................... "