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Affected Public: U.S. merchant
wholesale firms, excluding
manufacturers’ sales branches and
office.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,200.
Estimated Time Per Response: 7
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 5,880 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131 and 182.
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IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or
summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Monthly Retail Surveys
AGENCY:
Census Bureau, Commerce.
Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
ACTION:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment on the proposed extension of
the Monthly Retail Surveys, prior to the
submission of the information collection
request (ICR) to OMB for approval.
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before December 5, 2022.
DATES:
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
email to Thomas.J.Smith@census.gov.
Please reference Monthly Retail Surveys
in the subject line of your comments.
You may also submit comments,
identified by Docket Number USBC–
2022–0017, to the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments received are part of the
public record. No comments will be
posted to https://www.regulations.gov for
public viewing until after the comment
period has closed. Comments will
generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for
example, name and address) voluntarily
submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF
file formats.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Paul
Bucchioni, Chief, Retail Indicators
Branch, 301–763–7125, and
Paul.A.Bucchioni@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request
an extension of the current Office of
Management and Budget clearance for
the surveys known as the Monthly
Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) and the
Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey
(MARTS). The MRTS and MARTS are
related collections sharing the same
initial sample frame and collect data
that are published in conjunction with
each other. These two surveys are
collectively called the Monthly Retail
Surveys (MRS).
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey
(MRTS) provides estimates of monthly
retail sales, end-of-month merchandise
inventories, and quarterly e-commerce
sales for firms located in the United
States and classified in the Retail Trade
or Food Services sectors as defined by
the North American Industry
Classification System (NAICS).
Estimates produced from the MRTS
are based on a probability sample of
approximately 13,000 firms. The sample
design consists of one fixed panel where
all cases are requested to report sales, ecommerce sales, and/or inventories for
the prior month. If reporting data for a
period other than the calendar month,
the survey asks for the period’s length
(4 or 5 weeks) and the date on which the
period ended. The survey also asks for
the number of establishments covered
by the data provided and whether the
sales data provided are estimates or
more accurate ‘‘book’’ figures. The
sample is drawn approximately every 5
to 7 years from the Business Register,
which contains all Employer
Identification Numbers (EINs) and listed
establishment locations. The sample is
updated quarterly to reflect employer
business ‘‘births’’ and ‘‘deaths’’; adding
new employer businesses identified in
the Business and Professional
Classification Survey (SQ–CLASS) and
deleting firms and EINs when it is
determined they are no longer active.
Estimates from the MRTS are released in
3 parts. The MRTS sales estimates are
also used as input to the Monthly State
Retail Sales (MSRS) experimental
release first published in September
2020. The MSRS report is a blended
data product combining Monthly Retail
Trade Survey data, administrative data,
and third-party data. Data are available
for year-over-year percent changes for
Total Retail Sales excluding Nonstore
Retailers as well as 11 North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS)
retail subsectors. High level aggregate
estimates for end of month inventories
are first released as part of the Advance
Economic Indicators Report
approximately four weeks after the close
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of the reference month. The sales and
inventories estimates from MRTS are
released approximately six weeks after
the close of the reference month as part
of the Monthly Retail Trade report and
the Manufacturing and Trade
Inventories and Sales (MTIS) report,
which are released on the same day.
Additionally, once per quarter, data for
quarterly e-commerce sales are released
approximately 50 days after the close of
the reference quarter as part of the
Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales
report. Currently, there are no planned
changes for MRTS.
The Advance Monthly Retail Trade
Survey (MARTS) provides an early
indication of monthly sales for retail
trade and food services firms located in
the United States. It was developed in
response to requests by government,
business, and other users to provide an
early indication of current retail trade
activity in the United States. Retail sales
are one of the primary measures of
consumer demand for both durable and
non-durable goods. The MARTS survey
results are published approximately two
weeks after the end of the reference
month. MARTS provide an OMBdesignated Principal Federal Economic
Indicator and the earliest available
monthly estimates of broad-based retail
trade activity. It also provides an
estimate of monthly sales at food service
establishments and drinking places.
The MARTS sample is a sub-sample
of companies selected from the MRTS.
The advance survey sample of about
5,500 companies are selected using a
stratified sample by industry and size.
Some 1,250 firms, because of their
relatively large effect on the sales of
certain industry groups, are selected
with certainty. The MARTS sample is
re-selected generally at 21⁄2 to 3-year
intervals to ensure it is representative of
the target population and to redistribute
burden for small- and medium-sized
businesses.
Similar to the MRTS sales estimates,
advance sales estimates for each kind of
business are developed by applying a
ratio of current-month to previousmonth sales (derived from the advance
retail and food service sample) to the
preliminary estimate of sales for the
previous month (from the larger
monthly sample). Industry estimates are
summed to derive total retail sales
figures.
The MARTS survey requests sales and
e-commerce sales for the month just
ending. As on the MRTS survey, if firms
report data for a period other than the
calendar month, the survey asks for the
period’s length (4 or 5 weeks) and the
date on which the period ended. Like
MRTS, the survey also asks for the
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number of establishments covered by
the data provided and whether the sales
data provided are estimates or more
accurate ‘‘book’’ figures. Currently, there
are no planned changes for MARTS.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) uses the information collected on
these surveys to prepare the National
Income and Products Accounts, to
benchmark the annual input-output
tables and as critical inputs to the
calculation of the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). Policymakers at the
Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the
National Economic Council, and other
federal and state governmental agencies
as well as many private sector entities
rely on the timely estimates of retail
sales when making monetary and
economic policy decisions.
II. Method of Collection
We collect this information primarily
by internet. We do collect a small
portion of the data by mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0717.
Form Number(s): SM–4417A–A, SM–
4417A–E, SM–4417AE–A, SM–4417AE–
E, SM–4417AS–A, SM–4417AS–E, SM–
7217A–A, SM7217A–E, SM–4417S–A,
SM–4417SE–A, SM–4417SS–A, SM–
7217S–A, SM–7217S–E, SM–4417S–E,
SM–4417SE–E, SM–4417SS–E, SM–
4417B–A, SM4417BE–A, SM–4417BS–
A, SM–4417B–E, SM–4417BE–E, SM–
4417BS–E, SM–2017I–A, SM–2017I–E.
Type of Review: Regular submission,
Request for an Extension, without
Change, of a Currently Approved
Collection.
Affected Public: Retail and Food
Services firms in the United States.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
MRTS–13,000; MARTS–5,500.
Estimated Time per Response: MRTS–
7 minutes; MARTS–5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,200. (To eliminate
duplication, firms that report to the
MARTS survey are not required to
provide sales and ecommerce sales
information for MRTS. Therefore, we
use the MRTS sample size and average
burden per response to estimate the
combined total annual burden for both
surveys. The MRTS survey has the
maximum number of questions for any
given survey respondent as well as the
longest estimated burden (at 7 min)).
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents’ time, but the indirect costs
respondents may incur for such things
as purchases of specialized software or
hardware needed to report, or
expenditures for accounting or records
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maintenance services required
specifically by the collection.)
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.
Sections 131 and 182.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or
summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Monthly Retail Surveys
AGENCY: Census Bureau, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment on the
proposed extension of the Monthly Retail Surveys, prior to the
submission of the information collection request (ICR) to OMB for
approval.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before December 5, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
email to [email protected]. Please reference Monthly Retail
Surveys in the subject line of your comments. You may also submit
comments, identified by Docket Number USBC-2022-0017, to the Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. All comments received
are part of the public record. No comments will be posted to https://www.regulations.gov for public viewing until after the comment period
has closed. Comments will generally be posted without change. All
Personally Identifiable Information (for example, name and address)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. You may submit attachments to electronic
comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Paul Bucchioni, Chief, Retail Indicators Branch, 301-763-7125, and
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to request an extension of the current
Office of Management and Budget clearance for the surveys known as the
Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) and the Advance Monthly Retail Trade
Survey (MARTS). The MRTS and MARTS are related collections sharing the
same initial sample frame and collect data that are published in
conjunction with each other. These two surveys are collectively called
the Monthly Retail Surveys (MRS).
The Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) provides estimates of
monthly retail sales, end-of-month merchandise inventories, and
quarterly e-commerce sales for firms located in the United States and
classified in the Retail Trade or Food Services sectors as defined by
the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Estimates produced from the MRTS are based on a probability sample
of approximately 13,000 firms. The sample design consists of one fixed
panel where all cases are requested to report sales, e-commerce sales,
and/or inventories for the prior month. If reporting data for a period
other than the calendar month, the survey asks for the period's length
(4 or 5 weeks) and the date on which the period ended. The survey also
asks for the number of establishments covered by the data provided and
whether the sales data provided are estimates or more accurate ``book''
figures. The sample is drawn approximately every 5 to 7 years from the
Business Register, which contains all Employer Identification Numbers
(EINs) and listed establishment locations. The sample is updated
quarterly to reflect employer business ``births'' and ``deaths'';
adding new employer businesses identified in the Business and
Professional Classification Survey (SQ-CLASS) and deleting firms and
EINs when it is determined they are no longer active. Estimates from
the MRTS are released in 3 parts. The MRTS sales estimates are also
used as input to the Monthly State Retail Sales (MSRS) experimental
release first published in September 2020. The MSRS report is a blended
data product combining Monthly Retail Trade Survey data, administrative
data, and third-party data. Data are available for year-over-year
percent changes for Total Retail Sales excluding Nonstore Retailers as
well as 11 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) retail
subsectors. High level aggregate estimates for end of month inventories
are first released as part of the Advance Economic Indicators Report
approximately four weeks after the close
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of the reference month. The sales and inventories estimates from MRTS
are released approximately six weeks after the close of the reference
month as part of the Monthly Retail Trade report and the Manufacturing
and Trade Inventories and Sales (MTIS) report, which are released on
the same day. Additionally, once per quarter, data for quarterly e-
commerce sales are released approximately 50 days after the close of
the reference quarter as part of the Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales
report. Currently, there are no planned changes for MRTS.
The Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS) provides an early
indication of monthly sales for retail trade and food services firms
located in the United States. It was developed in response to requests
by government, business, and other users to provide an early indication
of current retail trade activity in the United States. Retail sales are
one of the primary measures of consumer demand for both durable and
non-durable goods. The MARTS survey results are published approximately
two weeks after the end of the reference month. MARTS provide an OMB-
designated Principal Federal Economic Indicator and the earliest
available monthly estimates of broad-based retail trade activity. It
also provides an estimate of monthly sales at food service
establishments and drinking places.
The MARTS sample is a sub-sample of companies selected from the
MRTS. The advance survey sample of about 5,500 companies are selected
using a stratified sample by industry and size. Some 1,250 firms,
because of their relatively large effect on the sales of certain
industry groups, are selected with certainty. The MARTS sample is re-
selected generally at 2\1/2\ to 3-year intervals to ensure it is
representative of the target population and to redistribute burden for
small- and medium-sized businesses.
Similar to the MRTS sales estimates, advance sales estimates for
each kind of business are developed by applying a ratio of current-
month to previous-month sales (derived from the advance retail and food
service sample) to the preliminary estimate of sales for the previous
month (from the larger monthly sample). Industry estimates are summed
to derive total retail sales figures.
The MARTS survey requests sales and e-commerce sales for the month
just ending. As on the MRTS survey, if firms report data for a period
other than the calendar month, the survey asks for the period's length
(4 or 5 weeks) and the date on which the period ended. Like MRTS, the
survey also asks for the number of establishments covered by the data
provided and whether the sales data provided are estimates or more
accurate ``book'' figures. Currently, there are no planned changes for
MARTS.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) uses the information
collected on these surveys to prepare the National Income and Products
Accounts, to benchmark the annual input-output tables and as critical
inputs to the calculation of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Policymakers at the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), the National Economic
Council, and other federal and state governmental agencies as well as
many private sector entities rely on the timely estimates of retail
sales when making monetary and economic policy decisions.
II. Method of Collection
We collect this information primarily by internet. We do collect a
small portion of the data by mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0717.
Form Number(s): SM-4417A-A, SM-4417A-E, SM-4417AE-A, SM-4417AE-E,
SM-4417AS-A, SM-4417AS-E, SM-7217A-A, SM7217A-E, SM-4417S-A, SM-4417SE-
A, SM-4417SS-A, SM-7217S-A, SM-7217S-E, SM-4417S-E, SM-4417SE-E, SM-
4417SS-E, SM-4417B-A, SM4417BE-A, SM-4417BS-A, SM-4417B-E, SM-4417BE-E,
SM-4417BS-E, SM-2017I-A, SM-2017I-E.
Type of Review: Regular submission, Request for an Extension,
without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection.
Affected Public: Retail and Food Services firms in the United
States.
Estimated Number of Respondents: MRTS-13,000; MARTS-5,500.
Estimated Time per Response: MRTS-7 minutes; MARTS-5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,200. (To eliminate
duplication, firms that report to the MARTS survey are not required to
provide sales and ecommerce sales information for MRTS. Therefore, we
use the MRTS sample size and average burden per response to estimate
the combined total annual burden for both surveys. The MRTS survey has
the maximum number of questions for any given survey respondent as well
as the longest estimated burden (at 7 min)).
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0. (This is not the cost of
respondents' time, but the indirect costs respondents may incur for
such things as purchases of specialized software or hardware needed to
report, or expenditures for accounting or records maintenance services
required specifically by the collection.)
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Sections 131 and 182.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include, or summarize, each comment in our
request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information
in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
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