The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (BFDC) was a bureau in the United States Department of Commerce and Labor from 1912-1953 that conducted statistical analysis, promoted trade and industry.
[1] The BFDC was established as the consolidation of the earlier Bureau of Statistics and the Bureau of Manufacturing[1] in the 1912.
[2] In 1945 the BFDC was re-organized to have five autonomous units:[1] The BDC was consolidated with the BIC to form the Domestic and International Business Administration in 1972, which in 1977 became the Industry and Trade Administration in 1977.
[4] It was succeeded in 1980 by the International Trade Administration.
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