The survey is mandatory and will be conducted under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. Data from the BE25 survey are needed to monitor trade in services and intangible assets, analyze its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, support U.S. commercial policy on financial services, conduct trade promotion, improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities, and for other government and public uses.

The survey will cover some of the selected services presently covered by the BE22, Annual Survey of Selected Services Transactions with Unaffiliated Foreign Persons. The selected services covered by the BE25 survey will be removed from the BE22 survey after the survey for 2003 is co ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-31-03-32124 Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-31-03-32123

The survey is mandatory and will be conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce, under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act. The first survey conducted under this rule will cover transactions in the first quarter of 2004. Data from the BE45 survey are needed to monitor trade in insurance services, analyze its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies, compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, support U.S. commercial policy on financial services, conduct trade promotion, improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities, and for other government uses.

The survey will cover the same insurance services presently covered by the BE48, Annual Survey of Reinsurance and Other Insurance Transactions by U.S. Insurance ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2003-12-31-03-32123 Wed, Dec 31 2003 11:00:00 GMT