[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Page 1001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-395]


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[Federal Register: January 7, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

 

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an 
application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice 
summarizes the conduct for which certification is sought and requests 
comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Friedrich R. Crupe, Acting Director, 
Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade 
Administration, (202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. A Certificate of Review 
protects the holder and the members identified in the Certificate from 
state and federal government antitrust actions and from private, treble 
damage antitrust actions for the export conduct specified in the 
Certificate and carried out in compliance with its terms and 
conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require 
the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying 
the applicant and summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether a Certificate should be issued. An original and 
five (5) copies should be submitted no later than 20 days after the 
date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, room 1800H, 
Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person is exempt 
from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 
Comments should refer to this application as ``Export Trade Certificate 
of Review, application number 93-00003.'' A summary of the application 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: American Trade Partners, Inc., P.O. Box 165501, Miami, 
Florida 33116-5501, Contact: Morris Kessler, President, Telephone: 
(305) 266-1276.
    Application No.: 93-00003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: December 30, 1993.
    Members (in addition to applicant): None.
    American Trade Partners, Inc. seeks a Certificate to cover the 
following specific Export Trade, Export Markets, and Export Trade 
Activities and Methods of Operations.

Export Trade

1. Products
    All products.
2. Services
    All services.
3. Technology Rights
    All technology rights.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services
    All export trade facilitation services.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    American Trade Partners, Inc. may:
    a. Export specific Products and or Services in response to specific 
orders and contact individual suppliers as to competitive prices, 
quality, and availability;
    b. Provide and arrange for Export Trade Facilitation Services;
    c. Exchange information only in one-on-one discussions with 
specific suppliers on specific orders or market conditions;
    d. Enter into exclusive licensing and distributorship agreements 
with suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and Technology 
Rights to the Export Markets;
    e. Allocate export sales or divide the Export Markets among 
suppliers for the sale, licensing or distribution of Products, 
Services, and Technology Rights;
    f. Establish the price of Products, Services, and Technology Rights 
for sale, licensing or distribution in the Export Markets;
    g. Negotiate and manage licensing agreements for the export of 
Technology Rights; and
    h. Collect information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets 
and distribute such information to clients.

    Dated: January 4, 1994.
Friedrich R. Crupe,
Acting Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 94-395 Filed 1-6-94; 8:45 am]
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