International Services Surveys: BE-22, Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons

Résumé

This final rule revises regulations for the BE-22, Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons. The BE-22 survey is conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce, under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. The data are needed to compile the U.S. international transactions, national income and product, and input-output accounts; support U.S. economic policy; assess U.S. competitiveness in international trade in services; and improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. This final rule changes the services covered by the survey. Specifically, the BE-22 annual survey will no longer cover the services that are covered by the new BE-25, Quarterly Survey of Transactions Between U.S. and Unaffiliated Foreign Persons in Selected Services and in Intangible Assets.