Dataset

The Statistical Abstract files are distributed by the US Census Department as Microsoft Excel files. These files have data mixed with notes and references, multiple tables per sheet, and, worst of all, the table headers are not easily matched to their rows and columns.

A few files had extraneous characters in the title. These were corrected to be consistent. A few files have a sheet of crufty gibberish in the first slot. The sheet order was shuffled but no data were changed.

The tables that were changed (this is table 521):

0166 0257 0362 0429 0445 0446 0459 0461 0462 0464 0465 0466 0467
0469 0479 0480 0481 0482 0483 0484 0485 0486 0487 0559 0628 0629
1144 1227 1231

This dataset consists of a table of 15 rows and 6 columns.

In thousands (98,990 represents 98,900,000). Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is dedicated to protecting against the importation of goods which infringe/violate Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) by devoting substantial resources toward identifying and seizing shipments of infringing articles

Footnotes

1. Domestic value is the cost of the seized goods, plus the costs of shipping
   and importing the goods into the U.S. and an amount for profit.
2. Consumer Electronics includes cell phones an accessories, radios,
   power strips, electrical tools and appliances.
   U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, Import,
   Commercial Enforcement, Intellectual Property Rights, Seizure Statistics.
   For more information:
   www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/commercial_enforcement/ipr/seizure/ (accessed 7 June 2007).