Why there are differences between the administrative trade data elements for imports and exports, and how does this affect the North American Transborder Freight Dataset?
Historically, the differences and coverage and definitions for U.S. imports and exports are primarily due to the fact that two different agencies, CBP and U.S. Census have different authorities and mission requirements. Therefore, the import data that have traditionally been collected as part of a U.S. international trade transaction could vary from the same type of information that is required for exports. (The most obvious example in the North American Transborder Freight Data is that Census currently does not require that weight data be collected for U.S. exports by land modes. In contrast, CBP requires weight data for all imports for all modes of transportation.) New Customs and federal government initiatives that will require the reporting of both shipper and manifest (from carriers) information for all modes of transportation, known as International Trade Data System (ITDS), are also focusing on ensuring reporting and definitional consistency for imports and exports.
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