2012 Commodity Flow Survey

DRAFT Attachment A-7

CFS-1000-F1

Dear Company Official,

Our records show that we have not received your completed 2012 Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) sent to you on (DATE). In case you did not receive the survey, or have misplaced it, we are enclosing another copy, along with additional information needed for completing the survey.

Please complete the enclosed questionnaire and return promptly. You may also complete the survey via the Internet. See the front page of the questionnaire for log-in information.

As we noted earlier, participation in this survey is required by law (Title 13, United States Code, sections 131, 192, and 224.) This same law ensures that the information you provide will be kept confidential. Only persons sworn to uphold the confidentiality of Census Bureau information will see your responses.

The CFS provides important statistics about the movement of goods in the United States and how businesses like yours use transportation to ship these goods. These data are used by policy makers and transportation planners to make informed decisions for improving the transportation infrastructure. The survey is undertaken through a partnership between the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.

To learn more about the CFS and access the aggregate results of the survey, please visit www.census.gov/econ/cfs/.

If you have any questions, please call 1-800-772-7851, option “3”, weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern time or visit the business help site (BHS) at http://bhs.econ.census.gov/bhs/cfs/index.html.

Thank you for your time and cooperation in completing this important survey.

Sincerely,

MARK E. WALLACE

Chief, Service Sector Statistics Division

U.S. Census Bureau