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GGD-76-89 1 (1976-06-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabpi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 4 ~,. d-. COMPTi'OLLF0 F~.RAL fUNT;fl_7r)~ WASHINGTON. D.Ck.. '. t~t wiW'W{IAVAll'BLE B-180618 The 11onorable Pinte B. Fascell, House of Representatives Dear Mr. Fascell: vj~' A I I U //LM099989 We are responding to your December 12, 1975, letter supporting Profeqsor Jan 9. Luytjes' request tlat the General Accounting Off .!-c, tudy the pricing of Bureau of the Census foreigin tra, ..ta tapes. You stated that Professor Luytjcs, Scho u of Business and Organ iational Sciences, Florida Internationail University, Miami, Florida, is involved in a University study. which he believes can contribute to a more favorable b-alance of trade for the United States. In order to pursue the study, the University must obtain annual Loreign trade data tapes for a S-yoar period and quarterly updates of thi?. inforroation. The Bureau informed Professor Luytijs that costs for annual import and export data tapes for the S-year period 1971-1975 w'ould be app-oximitely S3,000. Although th- Bureau does not produce quarterly updates, the Bureau will si-pply monthly noncumulative data on a reimbursable basis. In accordance with discussions witi your office, we 1imnited our review to --identifying the cost elements involved in the Bureau's c'iarges for foreign trade data tapes and . o °0 --determining if the' were calculated i ac.crrdance ':th , regulations of the Off icc o Managemert and Budget >o (OMB) and the Census Bureau. 0 o FOREIGN TRADE STATTSTICS PROGRAM The Bureau's forei.n i.rade statistics program entails. the compilation and disseminatirn of U.S. import and export data. The program is designed to serie t~e wide range or interests of Government and non-Government users. The pro- gram involves che dissemunation of a variety of data, pre- sented in many different arrangements, and relea:;ed in 4~ti~ 2i~~ >7 ix A:R

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