United States Commerce Department

The well-being of the chemical industry depends on the economic performance and buying power of the nation in which it operates. To determine a nation s economic performance, the flow of goods, services, and money between consumers, government, business, and foreign interests must be known. In the United States, the Department of Commerce has the responsibility of maintaining the data, and the estimation of various important quantities such as GNP and national income is a difficult and nontrivial task. Some idea of the complexity of the national accounts as well as some of the key concepts used in the bookkeeping operation... 

Table 2 compares United States spice imports, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, for 1992 and 1978. 

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United States Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Handbooks 60 and 62 U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. 60 (1955), 62 (1957). 

Statistical Abstract of the United States 1970 US Department of Commerce US Bureau of the Census Washington, DC, 1971. 

United States Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, Agricultural Atlas ofthe United States, in Volume 2, Subject Series, Part 1, 1992 Census of Agriculture, US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1995). 

On the basis of United States Department of Commerce Shipment data, Americans consumed about 5 kg per person of chocolate confectionery products in 1993.52 Of this quantity, enrobed and molded chocolate products comprised 53%, solid chocolate products with or without inclusions were 22%, and panned or assorted chocolate products made up the remaining 23%. Per capita consumption of chocolate confectionery products in 1993 increased 4.3% over the previous year and 0.7 kg per person since 1983. 

USDOC. 1992. Public comment on the toxicological profile for lead. Submitted to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Washington, DC United States Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration. 

USDC. 1985. United States Department of Commerce. U.S. General Imports and Imports for Consumption. FT135, USDC, Washington, DC, 2-66. 

United States Department of Commerce. (1985). A competitive assessment cf the U. S. herbicide industry. Washington, D.C. International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. 

Bureau of the Census. 1985. National data book and guide to sources Statistical abstract of the United States 1985. U.S. Bureau of the Census,Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 1987. Statistical abstracts of the United States. 108th ed. Washington, DC Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, 670-681. 

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