Notice
28 Feb 2025
reporting requirements, trade, economic analysis, foreign carriers, u.s. department of commerce, ocean shipping, compliance
🚢BEA's Annual Survey on Foreign Ocean Carriers Requires Reporting
By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United States (BE-29). The data collected on the BE-29 survey are needed to measure U.S. trade in transport services and to analyze the impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and foreign economies. This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.
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