INTRODUCTION
There are 5 U.S. Territories: American Samoa (AS), Guam (GU), the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (MP), Puerto Rico (PR), and the U.S. Virgin Islands (VI). However, due to data availability, IMPLAN only produces models for PR and VI for Data Years 2020 and beyond.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS
While we have estimates for exports and imports by commodity for the U.S. Territories, we do not have data on trading partners; thus, Multi–Regional Input-Output (MRIO) analysis is not available for U.S. Territories.
The U.S. Territory Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) have all the same Industries and Institutions as other U.S.-based models. However, due to raw data limitations, the U.S. Territories do not have as many levels of government in the tax impact reports. In the U.S. Territory models, all State Government, County Government, and Sub-County Government taxes are lumped together as “State and Local Government” and reported under the “State” category in the tax impact reports.
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Written September 13, 2024