Quantity Indexes of U.S. Agricultural Exports and Imports

Dewain H. Rahe, Catherine Cograve and Joseph R. Corley

No 317866, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: This report supersedes "Quantity Indexes of U.S. Agricultural Exports and Imports," FAS-M-76, Foreign Agricultural Service, January 1960. It revises the earlier quantity indexes to reflect a more recent base period and to reweight the commodities according to more recent prices. The new base period 1957-59 provides a representative period for agricultural trade relatively free from unusual circumstances. Among other uses, a quantity index provides a quantitative measure of the magnitude of current U.S. trade compared with earlier periods. The indexes, published as a monthly series since 1957, are also adjusted for seasonal variation since 1957.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 1969-02
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.317866

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