15 USC § 182 - Statistics of manufactures

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title: "15 USC § 182 - Statistics of manufactures"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "182"
section_name: "Statistics of manufactures"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "STATISTICAL AND COMMERCIAL INFORMATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(R.S. § 342; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256.)"
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# § 182. Statistics of manufactures

The Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall collect, digest, and arrange, for the use of Congress, the statistics of the manufactures of the United States, their localities, sources of raw material, markets, exchanges with the producing regions of the country, transportation of products, wages, and such other conditions as are found to affect their prosperity.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 342; Aug. 23, 1912, ch. 350, § 1, 37 Stat. 407; Mar. 1, 1919, ch. 86, 40 Stat. 1256.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

R.S. § 342 derived from , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Change of Name

Act , substituted “Director” for “Chief”.

### Transfer of Functions

Act , transferred certain duties of Department or Bureau of Labor to Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions of Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, see note set out under .