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 PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1465

(C) product and service specific import and export data for the United States; (D) market penetration information; and (E) foreign destinations for exports of the United States; (2) data on international service transactions; (3) information on international capital markets, including— (A) interest rates; and (B) average exchange rates; (4) information on foreign direct investment in the United States economy; (5) international labor market information, including— (A) wage rates for major industries; (B) international unemployment rates; and (C) trends in international labor productivity; (6) information on foreign government policies affecting trade, including— (A) trade barriers; and (B) export financing policies; (7) import and export date for the United States on a State-byStete basis aggregated at the product level including— (A) date concerning the country shipping the import, the State of first destination, and the original part of entry for imports of goods and, to the extent possible, services; and (B) date concerning the State of the exporter, the port of departure, and the country of first destination for export of goods and, to the extent possible, services; and (8) any other economic and trade date collected by the Federal Government that the Secretly determines to be useful in carrying out the purposes of this subtitle. (c) EXPORT PROMOTION DATA SYSTEM.—The export promotion date Classified system shall include date and information collected by the Federal ^formation. Government on the industrial sectors and markets of foreign countries which are determined by the Secretary (after consultetion required by section 5404) to be of the greatest interest to United States business firms that are engaged in export-related activities and to Federal and State agencies that promote exports, while providing for the confidentiality of proprietery business information, and shall be designed to use the most effective means of disseminating date and information electronically through the Department, or Department-designated offices, or through other available date bases in an accurate and timely manner. Such date system shall monitor, organize, and disseminate selected information on— (1) specific business opportunities in foreign countries; (2) specific industrial sectors within foreign countries with high export potential such as— (A) size of the market; (B) distribution of products; (C) competition; (D) significant applicable laws, regulations, specifications, and standards; (E) appropriate government officials; and (F) trade associations and other contact points; and (3) foreign countries generally, such as— (A) the general economic conditions; (B) common business practices; (C) significant teriff and trade barriers; and

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