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               THE CENSUS I-NET BULLETIN                               
               No.  0015 - Feb. 24, 1997

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Dear Census I-Net Bulletin Subscriber:

Make sure to stop by TECH TALK:   ELECTRONIC DATA PRODUCT
SUPPORT, a clearinghouse for product information and related
technical assistance now available on line at
< http://tier2.census.gov/techtalk.htm >.  You can download
CD-ROM software updates and learn about products on
numerous topics from agriculture to USA Counties.  The site
also includes software downloads and user notes on products
such as the County & City Data Book, Subject Summary Tape
Files and the TIGER/Census Tract Street Index.
    

Economic indicators now available on our web site (with
full descriptions listed below) include:  

- Advance Retail Sales: January 1997
- Manufacturing and Trade: Inventories and Sales: December 1996
- U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: December 1996
- Housing Starts and Building Permits: January 1997
- New One-Family Houses Sold: December 1996
- Value of New Construction Put in Place: December 1996
- Housing Completions: December 1996

...............Also, in this edition..................

Data files and information put on Internet between
Feb. 10 and Feb. 21, 1997 may be found under Business, Foreign
Trade, Governments, CenStats, Construction, Housing, Industry
and Manufacturing.


BUSINESS

ADVANCE MONTHLY RETAIL SALES: JANUARY 1997 - Companies
provide data on dollar value of sales, reporting period, and
number of retail establishments -
< http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/advtable.html >

MANUFACTURING AND TRADE INVENTORIES AND SALES REPORT:  
DECEMBER 1996 - Data on dollar value of retail sales and sales for
selected establishments; a subsample of firms also provides data
on the value of end-of-month inventories; data on dollar values
of merchant wholesalers' sales and end-of-month inventories; data
for manufacturers current production levels and future
production commitments.  Data items include value of shipments;
new orders (net of cancellations); end-of-month total inventory;
materials and supplies; work-in-process and finished goods
inventories -  < http://www.census.gov/svsd/www/fullmtis.html


FOREIGN TRADE

U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES, DECEMBER
1996 - Information includes a press release, supplemental tables,
and top 10 trading partners of the United States; U.S. trade
figures and other detailed import and export trade figures
for December, compared with November 1996 and December 1995;
also cumulative year to date -
< http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/press.html >

EXPORTS, GENERAL IMPORTS, AND IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION,
NOVEMBER 1996 - Statistical information about the physical movement
of merchandise between the United States and foreign counties.
Includes value for current month and cumulative year-to-date by
SITC (standard international trade classification) code by
commodity groupings - pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


GOVERNMENTS

1992 CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS, GOVERNMENT FINANCES,
VOLUME 4, NO. 5, COMPENDIUM OF GOVERNMENT FINANCES -  Data
are shown for Federal, State, and local governments by type of
government.  Entries include revenue by source, expenditures by
function, per capita figures, percentage distributions, and
State rankings.  Finances of utilities operated by local
governments are detailed by State and by type of utility and
government  - pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

CENSUS OF GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT, VOLUME 3, NO.
2, COMPENDIUM OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT - Data summarizes public
employment, payrolls, average earnings, and employer costs for
selected employee benefits.   Federal, State, and local (by type)
government data are provided for such functions as national
defense and international relations, postal service, education,
streets and highways, health, public welfare, fire and police
protection,  utilities, judicial and legal functions, and other
governmental administration- pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


NEW ON CENSTATS - New report titles available in pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


CONSTRUCTION

NEW ONE-FAMILY HOUSES SOLD, DECEMBER 1996 - Information on new
privately owned one-family houses sold during the month and for
sale at the end of the month, together with related annual data
and figures for prior months for the United States and regions.
Tables show average and median sales prices, as
well as houses sold and for sale by stage of construction, and
quarterly figures on houses sold by type of financing - pdf format -
 < http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

VALUE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE, DECEMBER 1996 -
Estimates for the United States of the value of total new
construction put in place by type of construction (residential,
nonresidential, public utility, public buildings, and the like)
and by type of owner (private, State or local, or Federal
government). Seasonally adjusted annual rates in current and
constant dollars and some comparative data for earlier years
are also shown - pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

EXPENDITURES FOR RESIDENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS,
1ST QUARTER 1996 - Estimates of expenditures by property owners
for maintenance, repairs, additions,  alterations, and major
replacements to residential properties during the current quarter
and for specified preceding quarters, with some comparative data
for earlier years for the United States and regions. Estimates
are both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted annual rates.
Expenditures are given separately by number of housing units on
property.  Detailed statistics relate expenditures to year built,
region, and payments to contractors versus do-it-yourself work,
the statistics are presented for owner-occupied one-housing-unit
residential properties - pdf format -
<http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >

HOUSING COMPLETIONS, DECEMBER 1996 - Monthly statistics on the
number of new privately owned housing units completed and under
construction for United States and regions. The report includes
both actual and seasonally adjusted estimates for units
completed and under construction by number of housing units in
structure.  Comparative data are shown for earlier years.
Quarterly statistics on characteristics of new housing appear
in selected issues - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


HOUSING


HOUSING VACANCIES AND HOMEOWNERSHIP: ANNUAL STATISTICS
1996 - Data includes definitions and tables including rental
and homeowner vacancy rates by area and homeownership rates
by area, race and ethnicity of householder,  and age of householder - 
< http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/annual96/ann96ind.html >

HOUSING VACANCY SURVEY - Updated historical tables that contain
annual data including the quarterly rental and homeowner vacancy
rates by units in structure, annual and quarterly estimates of
the housing inventory, median asking rent and sales price for
the U.S. and regions, and homeownership rate -
< http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/historic/index.html >

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE HOUSING STARTS AND BUILDING PERMITS
PRESS RELEASE:  JANUARY 1997 - Privately owned housing units started
and building permits authorized by type of structure and by region -
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/indicator/www/housing.html >

HOUSING STARTS AND BUILDING PERMITS: DECEMBER 1996 -
Information on monthly statistics for the United States and
regions on new privately owned housing units started, authorized
in permit-issuing places; and authorized, but not started at end
of period. The report includes both monthly and
seasonally adjusted estimates of units started and authorized.
Comparative data are shown for earlier years.  Data are provided
on manufacturers' shipments of mobile homes. Monthly data are also
provided for new mobile homes placed for residential use, their
average sales price, and the inventory of mobile homes on
dealers' lots - pdf format -
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


INDUSTRY

M20J(97) - 1 -  FATS AND OILS--OILSEED CRUSHINGS - JANUARY 1997
- Monthly reports present national and selected state data on
production and stocks of vegetable oils and their byproducts. It
contains data for the current and preceding month.  Also included
is a table comparing selected domestic production to estimated
imports and exports, and apparent consumption.  Data
are collected for over 20 types of products produced by crushing
oilseeds - < http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m20j9701.txt >

M22P(97) - 1 - CONSUMPTION ON THE COTTON SYSTEM AND STOCKS
- JANUARY 1997 - Information includes state and national data
for the current period with comparable data for preceding periods.
Tables include data on consumption and stocks of cotton, manmade
fiber staple by type of material, and stocks of cotton held at
public storage and at compresses. Another table presents
data on cotton spindles in place and spindle hours operated by
major kind of business and type of fiber spun. Exports and
imports of cotton, linters, and manmade fiber staple and tow
are presented by country of destination or origin.
Information is provided on world supply and distribution of
cotton, with comparable data for the U.S.-
 < http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m22p9701.txt >

M28AT(97) - 1- PRODUCTION AND STOCKS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE -
JANUARY 1997 - Data on production and stocks of titanium dioxide,
as well as production, exports, imports, and apparent consumption
of titanium dioxide -
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m28at9701.txt >

M33D(97)-11- ALUMINUM INGOT AND MILL PRODUCTS - NOVEMBER
1996 - Reports provide summary tables for current and previous
months. Tables include gross shipments, net of shipments and
inventories by type of producer.  Data are shown on the
inventories, quantity and value of shipments and on the
number of companies reporting shipments, by type of aluminum
shape.  Also included is a table comparing domestic output,
exports, and imports -
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m33d9611.txt > 

M33J(96) -12 - INVENTORIES OF STEEL PRODUCING MILLS -
DECEMBER 1996 - Twelve reports present national estimates for
the current and 12 preceding months. Estimates presented include
end of month inventories of warehouse service centers; and
quantity of inventories of steel in process and finished
steel at producing mills. Also included is a table comparing
manufacturers' shipments and imports for consumption - 
< http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/industry/m33j9612.txt > 

MANUFACTURING

1995 ANNUAL SURVEY OF MANUFACTURES - VALUE OF PRODUCT
SHIPMENTS  - Estimates of the 1995 value of product shipments for
approximately 1,750 classes of manufactured products. The 1995
product class estimates are based on reports from a representative
sample of approximately 58,000 manufacturing establishments
included in the 1994 Annual Survey of Manufactures (ASM).
Comparative data from the 1993 and 1994 ASM and the
1992 Census of Manufactures also are included - pdf format - 
< http://www.census.gov/prod/www/new-stat.html >


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