Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Millions of Dollars, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Imports For Consumption Hereon After 1933. "General Imports" Are Merchandise Entered For Immediate Consumption Plus Merchandise Entered For Storage In Bonded Warehouses. "Imports For Consumption" Are Merchandise Entered For Immediate Consumption Plus Merchandise Withdrawn From Bonded Warehouses. For February, 1955 See April, 1956 Survey Of Current Business Data Given For Million Dollars Rounded To 1 Decimal Place - This Is The Preceding Month'S Issue, 169.29. Source: July, 1905-June, 1914: Monthly Summary Of Commerce And Finance; July, 1914 And Following Years: Monthly Summary Of Foreign Commerce Through April, 1951; Survey Of Current Business Thereafter. After April, 1951 The Monthly Summary Of Foreign Commerce Changed Into A Quarterly Publication; These Data Are No Longer Shown Monthly; Survey Of Current Business Figures Cross-Checked With U.S. Foreign Trade Summary Report Ft930 (U.S. Bureau Of The Census). Latest Revisions From Survey Of Current Business Supplement. January To July, 1952 Data Are From The Bureau Of The Census By Letter Dated January 1, 1954.

This NBER data series m07012 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 7 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter07.html.

NBER Indicator: m07012