[Federal Register: November 21, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 223)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 051107295-5295-01]
Annual Retail Trade Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the
Annual Retail Trade Survey. The Census Bureau has determined that it
needs to collect data covering annual sales, e-commerce sales, percent
of e-commerce sales to customers located outside the United States,
year-end inventories, purchases, accounts receivables and, for select
industries, merchandise line sales and percent of sales by class of
customer.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will furnish report forms to organizations
included in the survey. Additional copies are available upon written
request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Piesto, Service Sector
Statistics Division, on (301) 763-2747.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Annual Retail Trade Survey is a
continuation of similar retail trade surveys conducted each year since
1951 (except 1954). It provides, on a comparable classification basis,
annual sales, e-commerce sales, purchases, and year-end inventories for
2004 and 2005. These data are not available publicly on a timely basis
from nongovernmental or other governmental sources.
The Census Bureau will require a selected sample of firms operating
retail establishments in the United States (with sales size determining
the probability of selection) to report in the 2005 Annual Retail Trade
Survey. We will furnish report forms to the firms covered by this
survey and will require their submissions within 30 days after receipt.
The sample will provide, with measurable reliability, statistics on the
subjects specified above.
The Census Bureau is authorized to take surveys that are necessary
to furnish current data on the subjects covered by the major censuses
authorized by Title 13, United States Code, sections 182, 224, and 225.
This survey will provide continuing and timely national statistical
data on retail trade for the period between economic censuses. For
2005, the survey will, as it has in the past, operate as a separate
sample of retail companies. The data collected in this survey will be
similar to that collected in the past and within the general scope and
nature of those inquiries covered in the economic census. These data
will provide a sound statistical basis for the formation of policy by
various government agencies. These data also apply to a variety of
public and business needs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of
information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 United States
Code, Chapter 35, the OMB approved the Annual Retail Trade Survey under
OMB Control Number 0607-0013. We will furnish report forms to
organizations included in the survey.
Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that an annual survey be
conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.
Dated: November 15, 2005.
Charles Louis Kincannon,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 05-22944 Filed 11-18-05; 8:45 am]
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