U.S. Shippers: Quarterly Confessions of Freight Fortunes Abroad
Published Date: 2/28/2025
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Summary
The BEA is running a mandatory survey called BE-30 to gather info from U.S. ocean freight carriers about their earnings and expenses abroad. This helps track how U.S. shipping affects the economy here and around the world. If you’re a U.S. ocean carrier, get ready to share your numbers quarterly—it's important and required by law!
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Mandatory Quarterly BE-30 Survey
If you are a U.S. ocean freight carrier, you must complete the BE-30 survey every quarter and report your ocean freight revenues and foreign expenses. The survey is mandatory under the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act and is used by the Bureau of Economic Analysis to measure U.S. trade in transport services.
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