Handel międzynarodowy · 24.04.1996

Nonrubber Footwear Quarterly Statistical Report

This series of quarterly reports on the U.S. nonrubber footwear industry has been published by the Commission since 1984 pursuant to a request from the Senate Committee on Finance dated August 8, 1984. The Committee requested that the Commission institute an investigation under section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332) for the purpose of preparing and publishing quarterly reports on nonrubber footwear so that it might monitor the condition of the industry on a quarterly basis. The Committee requested that the quarterly reports include data on (1) production and/or shipments, (2) imports, (3) exports, (4) apparent consumption, (5) market share, (6) employment, (7) unemployment, and (8) prices. In addition, the Committee also requested that the Commission provide, on an annual basis, information on plant closings in the industry. In response to this request, the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-191 on August 28, 1984, notice of which was published in the Federal Register of September 6, 1984 (49 FR 35259). By letter of February 29, 1996, the Committee on Finance requested that the Commission change its publication schedule from quarterly to annual reports, eff