CHAPTER XXIV.

RETURNS TO THE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.

R. S., 334, act

Aug. 23, 1912,

GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Art. 1006. Compilation and publication.-Statistics of 37 Stat., 407. imports and exports are compiled and published by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce of the Department of Commerce from data supplied by collectors of customs as hereinafter provided.

T. D. 35518.

Art. 1007. Reports of imports and exports by collectors.The collector of each district will report daily to the Bureau of Statistics, Custom House, New York, on a form provided for that purpose all imports entered for warehouse or consumption and withdrawals from warehouse at each of the ports in his district, except withdrawals for exportation.

The articles will be classified in accordance with schedules A and E of the Department of Commerce, and as to countries from which imported, according to schedule C.

The collector will also report on a form provided for that purpose all articles exported from his district or shipped to noncontiguous territory of the United States.

Articles exported which are the growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States and articles of foreign origin which have been materially changed in form and enhanced in value by labor or manufacture in the

United States should be classified in accordance with schedule B. If the growth, produce, or manufacture of foreign countries, and not changed from the condition in which imported, according to the classification of schedule A.

Countries to which exported are to be shown according to the classification of schedule C.

Gold and silver obtained by smelting foreign ore and base bullion in this country, when exported, should be returned as domestic bullion.

Care should be taken to distinguish between mint or assay office bars and other bullion.

Only such precious metal as has been practically freed by refining from impurities should be returned as bullion. All other precious metals, except coin, should be returned under "In ore and base bullion."

Art. 1008. Reports by bureau of statistics, New York.— The bureau of statistics at New York will tabulate the statistical reports received from collectors in such manner as may be required by the Treasury Department and the Department of Commerce.

The tabulated returns will be transmitted to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, on or before such a day of the month following the month to which the transaction relates as may be required by the Department of Commerce.

The bureau of statistics at New York will also promptly transmit to the collector of each district a tabulation of the statistics of imports and exports pertaining to his district.

Art. 1009. Reports to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Collectors will forward directly to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce monthly reports, on Commerce Catalogue Nos. 1135 and 1136, of the entrance and clearance of vessels; quarterly reports on Form No. 1115 of the exportation of manufactured articles containing imported material on which drawback is paid; quarterly reports of the tonnage movement via Cape Horn and of the products of the whale fisheries taken by American vessels; and weekly supplemental manifests of vessels in the domestic trade on the Great Lakes.

par. 29.

Art. 1010. Statistical reports prepared at headquarters T. D. 33557, ports. Statistical returns of imports and exports of customs districts and of entrances and clearances of vessels in the foreign trade will be prepared at the headquarters

R. S., 336.

Act Oct. 3, 1913, sec. III, par. F.

T. D. 34614.

ports covering the commerce of the entire district, except that collectors of customs may require the statistical returns of exports at railway frontier ports to be prepared at such ports and reported to headquarters for consolidation with the district returns.

Art. 1011. Reports from distant ports of entry.-Collectors of customs on the Canadian and Mexican frontiers may include in their reports to the bureau of statistics at New York only the transactions which reach them from such ports prior to the time for making final report to the bureau at New York, but officers in charge of such ports will be required to report transactions to the head office of the district as promptly as possible.

Art. 1012. Accounts, what to show. The accounts of the commerce of the United States with foreign countries (or its noncontiguous territory) shall comprehend and include, in tabular form, the quantity, by weight or measure, as well as the value of the various articles of foreign commerce, whether dutiable or otherwise.

Articles sent out of the country temporarily, such as automobiles for touring purposes, motion-picture films, circuses, race horses, and other articles which are not sold and do not enter into the trade of the country to which sent, should not be returned as exports when shipped abroad, nor classed as imports when returned to the United States.

Art. 1013. Fractions in quantities and values-How treated in returns. In the expression of values in returns, fractions of a dollar less than 50 cents will be ignored, and fractions of 50 cents or upward will be counted as one dollar. A like rule will apply to fractions of weight, measure, and tonnage.

Art. 1014. Dates of importation and exportation.-For statistical purposes the date of entry will be regarded as the date of importation and the date of clearance will be regarded as the date of exportation.

IMPORTS.

Art. 1015. Statistical schedules.-Collectors of customs shall require entries of imported merchandise to contain the information prescribed in schedule E, Classification of Imported Merchandise, as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce.