International Services Surveys: BE-9, Quarterly Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses in the United States

Résumé

This document sets forth proposed rules to amend regulations to institute a new survey, BE-9, Quarterly Survey of Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses in the United States, to be conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The proposed survey is mandatory and will be conducted quarterly under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. The first BE-9 quarterly survey conducted if these proposed rules are adopted cover transactions in the first quarter of 2004. BEA would send the survey to potential respondents in January of 2004; responses would be due 50 days after the end of the calendar quarter. Data from the proposed BE-9 survey are needed for the compilation of the U.S. balance of payments accounts. The information collected in this survey will be used in developing the "transportation" portion of the U.S. balance of payments accounts. The