Form BE-9 Foreign Airline Operators' Revenues and Expenses in the

OMB No. 0608–0068: Approval Expires 09/30/2009

BE–9

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

FORM
(REV. 03/04)

BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

A. Name of airline

MANDATORY—CONFIDENTIAL
QUARTERLY SURVEY

FOREIGN AIRLINE OPERATORS’
REVENUES AND EXPENSES
IN THE UNITED STATES
RETURN
REPORTS
TO

U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Balance of Payments Division (BE–58)
Washington DC 20230

B. Address of airline

C. Report for quarter ending:

SEE THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE REVERSE.

Item
no.

1

Amounts
(Report in thousands of dollars)

Item

Freight revenue on merchandise exported from, and imported into, the United States

$
Pounds

2

Shipping weights on which the freight revenues reported in item 1 were earned

3

Expenses incurred in the United States
TOTAL

$

a. Fuel and oil

$

b. Wages and salaries paid to employees in the United States

$

c. Agents’ and brokers’ fees and commissions for arrangement of freight and passenger
transportation

$

d. Aircraft handling and terminal services

$

e. All other expenses

$

Aircraft leasing expenses.

$

4

AUTHORITY—This survey is being conducted pursuant to the International
Investment and Trade In Services Survey Act, Pub. Law No. 472, 94th Congress,
90 Stat. 20259, 22 U.S.C. 3101 through 3108, as amended by Pub. Law 98–573
(hereinafter “the Act”).
The filing of reports for this survey is MANDATORY under Section 5(b)(2) of
the Act.
This survey has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget
under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to
nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of
information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless
that collection of information displays a current valid OMB Control Number. The
control number can be found at the top of the form.

TELEPHONE NUMBER

PERSON TO CONSULT
CONCERNING
QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS REPORT
Enter name and address

CERTIFICATION

CONFIDENTIALITY—The Act provides that your report to this Bureau is
CONFIDENTIAL and may be used only for analytical or statistical purposes.
Without your prior written permission, the information filed in your report CANNOT
be presented in a manner that allows it to be individually identified. Your report
CANNOT be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. Copies
retained in your files are immune from legal process.
PENALTIES—Whoever fails to report may be subject to a civil penalty not
exceeding $10,000 and to injunctive relief commanding such person to comply,
or both. Whoever willfully fails to report shall be fined not more than $10,000
and, if an individual, may be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. Any
officer, director, employee, or agent of any corporation who knowingly participates
in such violations, upon conviction, may be punished by a like fine, imprisonment,
or both. (See Section 6 of the Act, 22 U.S.C. 3105.)
Area Code

Number

Extension

The undersigned official executing this certification on behalf of the respondent company hereby certifies
that the information contained in this report is correct and complete to the best of his knowledge and belief.

Authorized official’s signature

Title

Date

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 8 hours per response, including time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection
of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BE–1), U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230, and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose of the report—Reports are required to obtain quarterly data for use in estimating the international transactions
accounts of the United States.
Who must report—Reports are required from U.S. offices,
agents, or other representatives of foreign airline operators that
transport passengers or freight and express to or from the
United States.
Exemption—A U.S. person otherwise required to report is exempt from reporting if total covered revenues and total covered
expenses incurred in the United States were each less than
$5,000,000 during the previous year or are expected to be less
than $5,000,000 during the current year.
How to report—Use this form to report information in accordance with the instructions and the definitions that are given
here. Report revenues and expenses in thousands of U.S. dollars (for example, $10,000,000.00 = $10,000).

Where to send report—Return reports to the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Balance of Payments Division (BE–58), Washington, DC 20230 or file reports
electronically using the Automated Survey Transmission and
Retrieval (ASTAR) system. For more information on the ASTAR
system, visit the Bureau’s Web site .
Frequency—A separate report should be completed for each
calendar quarter and filed with the Department within 50 days
after the end of the quarter.
Assistance—For assistance in filing this report, call (202) 606–
9589 or 606–9559 during business days on Monday to Friday
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time.
United States—Includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. possessions and territories.
Foreign countries—Consists of all other countries and areas.

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS
Item 1—Report revenue (whether collect or prepaid, in dollars
and other currencies converted to dollars) derived from the carriage of freight and express to and from the United States only.
Passenger revenues should not be reported.
Item 2—Report cargo shipping weights (in pounds) on which
freight revenue reported in item 1 was earned.
Item 3—Report all the expenses that were incurred in the United
States and that were associated with your carriage of both inbound and outbound freight and passengers.
Item 3a, 3b, and 3c—Self explanatory.
Item 3d—Please include expenses for aircraft repair, maintenance, storage, and cleaning; handling services for freight and
passengers; and other airport terminal services. Aircraft modification and factory-type aircraft overhauls should be included
in item 3e.
Item 3e—Please include all other expenses, such as port and
landing fees; air traffic control services paid to the U.S. Government; aircraft modification and factory-type aircraft overhauls; and
costs incurred in the operation of general headquarters, divisional offices, airline ticket offices, and all other costs for operation of freight and passenger facilities located in the United

States. These costs should cover, for example, catering, crew
expenses (hotel and per diem), rent, utilities, legal fees, telephone and other communications equipment, and rental of tangible property except aircraft.
Exclude expenditures made abroad for which payments are
made in the United States, that is, payments to petroleum companies in the United States for fuel and oil loaded on aircraft in
foreign countries.
Exclude the following: administrative expenses charged to U.S.
operations but not actually incurred in the United States; capital
charges and transfers, such as payment of interest or principal
on loans; depreciation on aircraft and ground equipment; and
payments for purchases exported from the United States (such
as aircraft parts and complete aircraft) for which Shippers Export Declarations were filed with the U.S. Customs Service.
Item 4—For aircraft leased from U.S. persons, report rental expenses for with-crew operating leases. Do not include expenses
for aircraft leased without crew (operated by you). Do not include
financial-type leases. A lease is classified as a financial lease
if there is an intent to eventually take possession of the good. If
the intent is just to rent the good for a limited period, this is classified as an operating lease. Rentals of other tangible property
should be included in item 3e.

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