2027 Commodity Flow Survey

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CFS-Q0
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This is an official request from the United States Government. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval number for this collection is 0607-0932.
	


A Message from the U.S. Census Bureau:
The Census Bureau is requesting your cooperation with preparing for the 2027 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS). We estimate it should only take you five minutes to complete a short survey. The address below is the shipping location for which the CFS will be requesting information:
SHIP_NAME1
SHIP_NAME2
SHIP_STREET
SHIP_CITY, SHIP_STATE   SHIP_ZIP_CODE

Please report online, using the following information:

Website:
User ID:								OR
Password:
Due Date:
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW and will be kept strictly CONFIDENTIAL. Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of this data collection can be found at the back of this letter.
For assistance with completing this survey, please sign into your Census Bureau account or call our customer help line at 1-888-817-2154, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people and economy.
Sincerely,


George M. Cook 
Performing the Non-Exclusive Functions and Duties of the Director





OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval number is 0607-0932 and appears in the top right corner of each reporting screen. Without this approval, we could not conduct this survey.
Authority and Continentality
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. Sections 224 and 225 of Title U.S.C. require your response. The U.S. Census Bureau is required by Section 9 of the same law to keep your information confidential and use your responses only to produce statistics. The law also provides that copies of your report retained in your files are immune from legal process. The Census Bureau is not permitted to publicly release your responses in a way that could identify your business, organization, or institution. Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, your data are protected from cybersecurity risks through screening of the systems that transmit your data.