Form BE-40 Institutional Remittances to Foreign Countries

FORM

BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

OMB No: 0608-0002 Approval Expires 11/30/2016

INSTITUTIONAL REMITTANCES TO
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Electronic filing:
www.bea.gov/efile
Mail reports to:
U. S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis
BE-50 (SSB)
Washington, DC 20230
FAX reports to:
202–606–5318
Assistance:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (202) 606–5588
M–F 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.,
eastern time.

BE-40 Control Number

Name and address of U.S. Reporter – Enter or correct as necessary
10001

Name of
Organization:
10002

Attention:
10003

Street:
10004

City:

10005

State:

10006

Zip:

This Survey is OMB Approved
This survey is approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as indicated by the 8 digit OMB number in the
upper right corner. Respondents are not required to respond to any information collection by the Federal Government
unless it displays a valid approval number from the OMB.

Your Response is Confidential by Law
Your responses are confidential by law and will not be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone. Copies retained in your
files are immune from legal process.

About the Institutional Remittances Survey
Reports on Form BE–40 are requested from U.S. religious, charitable, educational, scientific and similar organizations
in order to provide reliable and up-to-date information on their remittances and expenditures. The data collected will be
as inputs into the U.S. balance of payments accounts (international transactions).

Thank you - Your Response is Important
Accurate and timely statistical information could not be produced without your continued cooperation and goodwill.
Thank you.

Part 1. U.S. Reporter Information
1. Person to consult concerning questions about this report
10007

Name

10008

Title

10009

Phone

10010

Fax

10011

Email

2. May we use e-mail to correspond with you to discuss questions

relating to this form, including questions that may contain
information about your company that you may consider confidential?
(Note: Electronic mail is not inherently confidential. We will treat
information we receive as confidential, but your e-mail is not
necessarily secure against interception by a third party.)

10012

1

1 Yes
2 No

3. Certification – The undersigned official certifies that this
report has been prepared in accordance with the applicable
instructions and is complete.

Authorized official’s signature

Print or type name and title

Date

Part 2. Reporting Instructions

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1 Transactions that should be reported on this survey include the following transfers to
foreign residents and organizations:
1. Outright grants of cash.
2. Payments abroad for the procurement of goods and services to be used abroad.
3. Expenditures for salaries and other goods and services to be used abroad.
4. The value of services rendered free of charge such as transportation costs associated with
goods transported outside the U.S. border if such transportation costs are donated at your
expense.
5. Applicable sources of funds transferred include (1) funds collected from private donations in the
U.S., and (2) funds borrowed from U.S. banks, insurance companies, and other U.S. sources in
anticipation of sums to be collected later from private donations and pledges.

●

2 Transactions that should not be reported on this survey include:
1. Funds given, donations, or grants made to other U.S. charitable organizations, whether those sums
were used abroad or not. This can lead to a duplication of reporting.
2. Shipments (exports) of purchased or donated goods (food, clothing, etc.) from U.S. private sectors or
government agencies to foreign countries.
3. Funds spent for your administrative, promotional, and other expenses in the U.S.
4. Transportation costs outside the U.S. border that will be paid (or reimbursed) by the foreign
recipient or by a U.S. government agency.
5. Transactions (e.g., purchases of goods for export) made with funds previously transferred to, and now
on deposit in foreign recipients’ bank accounts in the U. S. or abroad.
6. Funds collected in other countries, or funds collected in the U.S. during the reporting period but not
yet transferred to foreign recipients’ accounts in the U. S. or foreign banks.
7. Transactions involving the fulfillment of contracts with the U.S. Agency for International Development
or other U.S. government agencies to perform services in a foreign country. These transactions may
be reportable on Form BE–125; for more information about this form, call 202–606–5588, or visit
BEA’s web site at www.bea.gov/index.htm#surveys.

●

3 Country Distribution: To the extent your records allow, please allocate your foreign remittances to the
individual foreign countries receiving the benefit of these transfers rather than the countries to which the
payments were made. Thus, if outlays for goods and services were paid to country A, but country B was
the benefiting recipient country, report the outlay to country B.

●

4 Country Reporting: Report dollar amounts of $10 thousand or more by country. Remittances to international or regional organizations should be consolidated and entered into: “International Organizations” and
several “Regional Organizations” listed on Page 4. Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other
U.S. Territories and Protectorates should be treated as a part of the United States for this survey. Use one
or more overflow sheets as necessary to specify countries not listed.

●

5 Report amounts in U.S. dollars rounded to thousands (omitting 000). If actual data are not
available, provide your best estimate.
Bil.
Example: report $1,033,624 as

$

Mil.
1

Thou.

Dols.

034

000

●

6 Duplication
If remittances or shipments by your organization are likely to be duplicated in the return from any other
private organization, please indicate that fact in your reply, and give the name of the organization in the
comments section at the bottom of Page 3.

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FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

Part 3. Reporting Status and Reporting Period

●

1 Are the total annual remittances abroad by your organization expected to be less than $100
thousand in the year covered by the report?

20001

1

Yes

2

No

your organization is exempt from this survey. Please return the first three pages of
the survey to avoid unnecessary follow-ups.

●

2 Are the total annual remittances abroad by your organization expected to equal $1 million or
more in the year covered by the report?

20002

1

Yes

your organization is requested to file the report quarterly within 30 days after the
close of each quarter.

2

No

your organization is requested to file the report annually within 90 days after the
close of each calendar or fiscal year.

●

3 What period does this quarterly or annual report cover?
Starting Date:

MM

DD

YYYY

MM

DD

YYYY

20003

Ending Date:
20004

●

4 Please provide your comments in the spaces below:

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5 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 the 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. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond 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.

FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

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Part 4. Report Remittances to Foreign Countries by Country

●

1 What was the total value of remittances abroad by your
organization during the reporting period?

Amount
Bil.

31000

Mil.

Thou.

Dols.

$

000

●

2 Report remittances abroad by country for countries for which transactions totaled $10 thousand or
more during the reporting period in the table below. Add names of countries that are not already on
the list.
Country Code

Country or International Organization

Amount

(BEA USE ONLY)

Bil.

(1)

32000

1.

TOTAL - Sum of lines 2 through 21 on this page

001

2.

International Organizations

002

3.

Regional Organizations - European Union

4.

Mil.

Thou.

Dols.

(2)

$

000

703

$

000

003

395

$

000

Regional Organizations - Other Western Euro

004

396

$

000

5.

Regional Organizations - Eastern Europe

005

397

$

000

6.

Regional Organizations - South and Central Am

006

295

$

000

7.

Regional Organizations - Other Western Hemi

007

296

$

000

8.

Regional Organizations - Africa

008

499

$

000

9.

Regional Organizations - Middle East

009

599

$

000

Regional Organizations - Asia and Pacific

010

699

$

000

10.
11.

011

$

000

12.

012

$

000

13.

013

$

000

14.

014

$

000

15.

015

$

000

16.

016

$

000

17.

017

$

000

18.

018

$

000

19.

019

$

000

20.

020

$

000

$

000

21.

Unallocated - Values for countries that individually
amount to less than $10 thousand.

021

709

If more rows are needed in order to list all countries, use one or more copies of the overflow sheet on page 5. The TOTAL
in line 1 should equal the amount in Question 4-1 if no overflow sheet is used. If overflow sheet(s) are used, the sum of the
TOTAL in line 1 above and the TOTAL in each overflow sheet should equal the amount in Question 4-1.

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FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

Part 5. Overflow Sheet for Remittances to Foreign Countries by Country
Country Code

Country
33000

Bil.

Mil.

Thou.

Dols.

001

$

000

23.

002

$

000

24.

003

$

000

25.

004

$

000

26.

005

$

000

27.

006

$

000

28.

007

$

000

29.

008

$

000

30.

009

$

000

31.

010

$

000

32.

011

$

000

33.

012

$

000

34.

013

$

000

35.

014

$

000

36.

015

$

000

37.

016

$

000

38.

017

$

000

39.

018

$

000

40.

019

$

000

41.

020

$

000

42.

021

$

000

43.

022

$

000

44.

023

$

000

45.

024

$

000

46.

025

$

000

47.

026

$

000

48.

027

$

000

49.

028

$

000

50.

029

$

000

22.

TOTAL - Sum of lines 23 through 50 on this page

Amount

(BEA USE ONLY)

More than one copy of the overflow sheet can be used when necessary.

FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

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Country Code

Country Name

Country Code

Country Name

600

Afghanistan

205

Costa Rica

350

Albania

417

Cote d’Ivoire

400

Algeria

359

Croatia

300

Andorra

206

Cuba

401

Angola

275

Curacao

272

Anguilla

304

Cyprus

273

Antigua and Barbuda

364

Czech Republic

200

Argentina

305

Denmark

334

Armenia

412

Djibouti

274

Aruba

269

Dominica

601

Australia

207

Dominican Republic

301

Austria

208

Ecuador

335

Azerbaijan

410

Egypt

250

Bahamas

209

El Salvador

501

Bahrain

438

Equatorial Guinea

631

Bangladesh

457

Eritrea

251

Barbados

331

Estonia

336

Belarus

411

Ethiopia

302

Belgium

657

Federated States of Micronesia

254

Belize

632

Fiji

409

Benin

306

Finland

252

Bermuda

307

France

602

Bhutan

256

French Guiana

201

Bolivia

255

French Islands - Caribbean

358

Bosnia and Herzegovina

609

French Islands - Indian Ocean

402

Botswana

610

French Islands - Pacific

202

Brazil

413

Gabon

603

Brunei

414

Gambia

351

Bulgaria

337

Georgia

447

Burkina Faso

308

Germany

606

Burma

415

Ghana

403

Burundi

309

Gibraltar

607

Cambodia

310

Greece

404

Cameroon

311

Greenland

100

Canada

265

Grenada

450

Cape Verde

210

Guatemala

405

Central African Republic

416

Guinea

406

Chad

430

Guinea-Bissau

203

Chile

257

Guyana

650

China

211

Haiti

204

Colombia

212

Honduras

456

Comoros

611

Hong Kong

407

Congo-Brazzaville

354

Hungary

408

Congo-Kinshasa

312

Iceland

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FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

Country Code

Country Name

Country Code

Country Name

612

India

427

Mozambique

613

Indonesia

437

Namibia

703

International Organizations

635

Nauru

502

Iran

618

Nepal

503

Iraq

319

Netherlands

313

Ireland

277

Netherlands Islands, Caribbean

504

Israel

620

New Zealand

314

Italy

214

Nicaragua

258

Jamaica

428

Niger

614

Japan

429

Nigeria

505

Jordan

652

North Korea

338

Kazakhstan

320

Norway

418

Kenya

508

Oman

655

Kiribati

622

Pakistan

626

Korea, Republic of

659

Palau

366

Kosovo

215

Panama

506

Kuwait

619

Papua New Guinea

339

Kyrgyzstan

216

Paraguay

615

Laos

217

Peru

332

Latvia

623

Philippines

507

Lebanon

355

Poland

419

Lesotho

321

Portugal

420

Liberia

510

Qatar

421

Libya

499

Regional Organizations–Africa

315

Liechtenstein

699

333

Lithuania

Regional Organizations–Asia and
Pacific

316

Luxembourg

397

616

Macau

Regional Organizations–Eastern
Europe

360

Macedonia

395

Regional Organizations–European
Union

422

Madagascar

599

Regional Organizations–Middle East

423

Malawi

396

617

Malaysia

Regional Organizations–Other Western
Euro

633

Maldives

296

424

Mali

Regional Organizations–Other Western
Hemi

317

Malta

295

Regional Organizations–South and
Central Am

425

Mauritania

658

Republic of Marshall Islands

453

Mauritius

356

Romania

213

Mexico

341

Russia

340

Moldova

432

Rwanda

318

Monaco

637

Samoa

651

Mongolia

322

San Marino

361

Montenegro

451

Sao Tome and Principe

426

Morocco

511

Saudi Arabia

FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)

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Country Code

Country Name

Country Code

Country Name

433

Senegal

444

Togo

362

Serbia

638

Tonga

454

Seychelles

261

Trinidad and Tobago

434

Sierra Leone

445

Tunisia

625

Singapore

326

Turkey

276

Sint Maarten

343

Turkmenistan

365

Slovakia

656

Tuvalu

363

Slovenia

446

Uganda

654

Solomon Islands

455

UK Islands - Atlantic (Africa)

435

Somalia

268

UK Islands - Atlantic (OWH)

436

South Africa

266

UK Islands - Caribbean

458

South Sudan

605

UK Islands - Indian

323

Spain

604

UK Islands - Pacific

608

Sri Lanka

344

Ukraine

267

St. Kitts and Nevis

513

United Arab Emirates

270

St. Lucia

327

United Kingdom

263

St. Pierre and Miquelon

199

United States

271

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

218

Uruguay

441

Sudan

345

Uzbekistan

260

Suriname

636

Vanuatu

442

Swaziland

330

Vatican City

324

Sweden

219

Venezuela

325

Switzerland

653

Vietnam

512

Syria

440

Western Sahara

628

Taiwan

514

Yemen

342

Tajikistan

448

Zambia

443

Tanzania

431

Zimbabwe

629

Thailand

709

Unallocated

660

Timor-Leste

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FORM BE-40 (REV. 07/2013)