The International Trade Administration is making progress on a Web version of the U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook.^®

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A "beta" edition will be posted for user review and testing.
Click here for information on the 2000 U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook, the last hardcopy edition published.

While the e-Outlook is under development, you may find the following resources helpful:

• The Manufacturing and Services home page is a portal to Web resources of our industry offices. The industry Web sites offer sector-specific trade statistics, background documents, current trade updates, links to further industry information, and staff contacts by industry specialty.
  
  
• The Office of Trade and Industry Information offers recent data on foreign trade and domestic production. Long-time users of the Outlook will recognize the Trends Tables (click on "U.S. Industry Sector Data") covering hundreds of industries, sorted by NAICS or SIC code. The site's many data reports include state-level export numbers and an industry review.

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Progress Updates

The basic design of the Outlook has been finalized. The prototype boasts a straightforward and intuitive structure, a logo, and effective navigation tools. It's still being populated with industry data and reports, however, in various stages of editing, so it's not yet available to the public. Writers' guidelines have been posted on the International Trade Administration's intranet as a central reference and forum for Outlook contributors.

The Department of Commerce's renewed emphasis on manufacturing industries, and the reorganization of the former Trade Development unit into Manufacturing and Services, will bring a new focus and new resources to the U.S. Industry & Trade Outlook.

The Outlook databases now are built on NAICS 2002 listings. Click here for details on how NAICS 1997 and 2002 differ.

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The Outlook will first appear online as a beta or test version. As currently projected, this will include basic trade and production statistics for nearly the entire catalog of industries organized under the North American Industry Classification System (click here for more information on NAICS), plus expanded content for an initial handful of industries.

Outlook customers and other interested parties who have volunteered to test the beta version will have a chance to use and critique it, and we will then proceed to develop the full-featured Outlook drawing on their input. If you would like to be on this notification/beta list, please

We hope to phase in additional batches of expanded information for groups of industries until the Web Outlook covers at least as many industry sectors as its print predecessor did (the published 2000 edition covered 54 major sectors). More industries or additional features will be added as inspiration, available resources, and user requests prompt.

Manufacturing and Service's Industry Offices are developing and refining content for the beta Outlook. Industries covered are likely to include the following:

• Computers & Peripheral Equipment (NAICS 3341-3342 series)
• Construction (23 series)
• Health Care and Social Assistance (62 series), with possibly some aspects of Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers (NAICS 52411)
• Software & Internet Technologies (5112, 5141-5142, 5415)
• Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing (333992)
• Wineries (31213)
• several industries relevant to environmental technologies, such as Sewage Treatment Facilities (22132) and Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411)
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing (3361 series)
• various industries related to automotive parts manufacturing (3345, 3359, 3363, et al.)
• subsectors of Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (3353) related to power distribution and the delivery of energy.

Here are some of the topics that are likely to be covered for some sectors in the beta release:

Current Economic Indicators Demographic Change e-Business and e-Commerce Economic and Geographic Concentrations Economic Overview Forecasts and Projections Glossary of Industry Terms Industry Shows and Trade Events Preparing for the Future

Regulation Revenue Mechanisms Small Business State and Local Issues Technology Trade Policy World Markets and Trends World Trade Shares

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