General Nearly all countries of the world have adopted the metric system of measurement. The United Kingdom in 1965 announced its intention of converting all manuufacturing and other sectors of its economy to the metric system by 1975. In 1967, South Africa decided to follow. In 1969, the New Zealand Government announced its intention of making the metric system its national system of weights and measures, and in 1970, both Australia and Canada announced the same intention.

Public Law 90-472, August 9, 1968, authorized the Secretary of Commerce to conduct a program of investigation, research, and survey to determine the impact of increasing worldwide use of the metric system on the United States. As part of this study, BDSA has been asked to conduct a survey to evaluate the potential impact that metrication in the United States may have on U.S. foreign trade. Mailing Prepare and return one copy of this report to the Business and Defense Services Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230, no later than September 1, 1970.

Coverage A complete report should be filed for your company for product class

In all sections, except Section 1, report data only for this product class. In Section I include all products shipped. Please complete all sections. If data are not available for any single item, report not available (NA). If your company does not maintain central records for all of your subsidiaries or divisions, you may elect to report for a single subsidiary or division. If you choose to report on this basis, select that subsidiary, department, or division whose products are most representative of the subject product class. Also indicate in the space below the name of the subsidiary, department or division

Estimates. If exact data are not available, reasonable estimates are acceptable. Report all value figures in terms of thousands of dollars, rounded to the neare st $1 thousand.

Confidentiality - The individual company information reported on this form is for statistical purposes only. The unauthorized publication or disclosure of individual company information by Government personnel is prohibited by law, and such personnel having access thereto

are subject to fine and imprisonment for unauthorized disclosure.

Definitions

Value of Imports The market value in the foreign country, excluding U.S. import duties, freight charges, and insur ance, for goods coming into the U.S. customs area (the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico) without regard to whether the importation involved a commercial transaction. This is the same value information required on import entries in accordance with Sections 402 and 402(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Foreign Subsidiaries or Affiliates Any foreign incorporated company in which the U.S. parent company holds 25 percent or more of the voting stock.

U.S. Customary System - The system of measurement units (yard, pound, second, degree Fahrenheit, and units derived from the se) most commonly used in the United States. Synonyms: "English system," "U.S. system."

Metric System - The measurement system based generally on the meter as a unit of length, the kilogram as a unit of mass, the second as a unit of time, the degree Celsius as a unit of temperature and units derived from the se. This system has evolved over the years and the modernized version today is identified as the "International System of Units" (SI).

Engineering Standards - A practice established by authority or mutual agreement and described in a document to assure dimensional compatibility, quality of product, uniformity of evaluation procedure, or uniformity of engineering language. Examples are documents prescribing screw thread dimensions, chemical composition and mechanical properties of steel, clothing sizes, performance standards, sizes and ratings, methods of testing for materials, and codes for highway signs. Engineering standards may be designated in terms of the level of coordination by which they were established (e.g., company standards, industry standards, national standards) in terms of the "language" or units upon which they are based (e.g., metric standards). Metrication - Any act tending to increase the use of the metric system (SI), whether it be increased use of metric units or engineering standards that are based on such units.