MSA reports are weekly reports submitted by tobacco, candy, drinks, and grocery distributors to report their sales and inventory to manufacturers as part of participating in trade programs.

Learn about the importance of trade programs in relation to MSA and some of the manufacturers that are included in those trade programs.

A directory of MSA's category codes and their classifications.

A list of the fields that are mandatory for MSA reporting, along with an example of what goes in that field.

An index of some of the different trade programs along with a link to their data file format that should be used for MSA reporting.