BE-29 Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United States

The Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United States (BE-29) collects data from U.S. agents of foreign ocean carriers that handled 40 or more foreign ocean carrier port calls during the year, or had total covered expenses of $250,000 or more during the year, for all foreign ocean vessels handled by the U.S. agent. The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in transport services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in transport services, to conduct trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in estimating the trade in transport services component of the U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national income and product accounts (NIPAs).

The latest form for BE-29 Annual Survey of Foreign Ocean Carriers' Expenses in the United States expires 2027-12-31 and can be found here.