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ID-82-8 1 (1981-11-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabctm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IIf I.f UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 INTERNATIONAL DIVISION B-205565 RELEASED IIRKSTRICTED - Not to be reieaged eUAscO mh 5 ccounVtg Office except n the Of sPOc-i91 ' Oval by the Office Of C ogressi 1&Utlens. The Honorable Donald W. Riegle The Honorable William V. Roth, Jr. The Honorable Carl M. Levin The Honorable Thomas F. Eagleton The Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum United States Senate 117127 Subject: !U.S. Actions to Monitor Japanese Auto Imports (ID-82-8) In response to your request of June 15, 1981, and subsequent discussions with your staff, we reviewed the Federal Government's current methods for monitoring auto imports. The Department of Commerce monitors auto imports based on data extracted from the official U.S. trade statistics published by the Census BUreau. Commerce has devised a special report to permit monitoring of auto imports from Japan and to provide comparability between Japanese export data and U.S. import data. This report is pro- vided to other Federal agencies, including the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. If needed, Commerce's system can provide the information required for an indepth analysis of the auto import situation. We found that Commerce has an adequate system which provides an accurate account of the auto import situation. The special report will allow the U.S. Government to determine whether Japa- nese auto exports are consistent with the unilateral res raint measures implemented by the Government of Japan for a 3-year pe- riod. It should be noted that there is a necessary time lag in arriving at final Commerce Department data because exports from Japan in any given month are recorded in U.S. data over a period of several subsequent months. We discussed the special report with officials of various agencies, and they agreed that an adequate monitoring system is in place. They pointed out that the present concern is the Japanese determination of the second year's level of exports and emphasized that this determination is in the hands of the Government of Japan since it is a uni- lateral voluntary restraint and not a U.S. import restriction. (483347) 57 95v9

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