2017 Economic Census - Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) - Advance Questionnaire

CFS-L1R
(08-28-15)

DC

Attachment A-3
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration

U.S. Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20233-0001

This is an official request from the United States
Government. The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval number for this collection is
0607-0921, which expires 12/31/2016.

REMINDER NOTICE

Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau mailed you a letter asking you to go online to complete the
2017 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) Advance Survey. The CFS provides important statistics
about the movement of goods in the United States and how businesses like yours use
transportation to ship these goods. The CFS is conducted in partnership with the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology,
U.S. Department of Transportation.
The address below is the location for which the CFS will be requesting information:
Company Name

Shipping Address

City, State, Zip Code

If you have already submitted your report, thank you for your response and please disregard this
letter.
If you have not responded, please report online, using the following information:
Website:
User ID:
Password:
Due date:
This report is MANDATORY. Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 8(b), 131, and 193;
and Title 49 U.S.C., Section 6302 authorize this collection. Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 224 and 225
requires your participation. Section 9 of the same law requires that the Census Bureau keep this
report strictly confidential. Your information is only used to develop summary statistics that do
not reveal the individual activities of your business. Under the same law, information cannot be
used for taxation, regulation, or investigation and is exempt from release under the Freedom of
Information Act.
If you need assistance completing the survey, visit us online at https://econhelp.census.gov/cfs.
For further assistance, please call our customer help line at 1-800-772-7851, option “3” weekdays
between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation in completing this important survey. The CFS
cannot be successful without the assistance of businesses like yours.
Sincerely,

William G. Bostic Jr.
Acting Chief, Economic Management Division