Changes to Country Groupings and Areas

Effective with the January 2008 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services release on March 11, 2008, country groupings and areas will be revised to reflect changes for the Euro area and OPEC as specified below.

Euro Area

Cyprus and Malta will be added to the Euro area in exhibit 14 of the FT-900 report and exhibit 6 of the FT-900 supplement. These changes take effect with the January 2008 statistics. The statistics for prior time periods remain unchanged.

OPEC

In December 2007, Ecuador was reinstated as a member of OPEC. Ecuador will be added to OPEC in exhibit 14 of the FT-900 report and exhibits 3 and 6 of the FT-900 supplement. These changes take effect beginning with the revised December 2007 statistics. The statistics for prior time periods remain unchanged.