FORECAST FOR TRADE ON US MARITIME ROUTES 7 AND 8

The likelihood and nature of possible changes in commerce on U.S. Maritime trade routes 7 and 8 (serving the North Atlantic ports of the United States and the North Sea ports of Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Federal Republic of Germany) in the coming 13 years are reported. Concern is with the commerce over these routes within rather broad classes of cargo, including: food; beverages and tobacco; inedible crude materials, except fuels; mineral fuels, lubricants, and related materials; animal and vegetable fats and oils; chemicals; manufactured goods classified chiefly by material; machinery and transport equipment; and miscellaneous manufactured articles. The demand for both U.S. exports and imports is reviewed, and graphs of trade by commodity groups are included. A statement of methodology of study is also presented, followed by an analysis of the limitations of the data. Appendices give tables summarizing results of analysis and data on which the analysis was based, and also a real gross national product projection to 1975.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This document is available for review at the Department of Commerce Library, Main Commerce Building, Washington, D.C., under reference number AL-C-63428-TR-7/8.
• Corporate Authors:

  Little (Arthur D), Incorporated

  Acorn Park
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140
• Publication Date: 1960

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 59 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic forecasting; Exports; Imports; Trade; Trade routes
• Old TRIS Terms: Trade forecasts
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00026265
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 14 1973 12:00AM