[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-1773]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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 94-00001.'' A summary of the application 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc., Post 
Office Box 28136, Jacksonville, Florida 32226, Contact: Joseph Strain, 
Founder & President, Telephone: (904) 346-5435.
    Application No.: 94-00001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January l4, 1994.
    Members (in addition to applicant): None.
    Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, 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. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products and Services)
    All export trade facilitation services in connection with the 
export of Products and Services, including consulting, international 
market research, advertising, marketing, insurance, product research 
and design, legal assistance, transportation, trade documentation, 
freight forwarding, communication and processing of foreign orders, 
warehousing, foreign exchange and financing.

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) and the Republic of South 
Africa.

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

    Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc. may:
    1. Require that exporters using its Export Trade Facilitation 
Services sign exclusive dealing contracts allowing Northeast Florida 
Export Trading Company, Inc. to be their sole Export Intermediary for 
sales to specified markets.
    2. Require exporters using its Export Trade Facilitation Services 
to export through the Jacksonville Port Authority Aviation and Marine 
Facilities.
    3. Sign exclusive distributorship agreements with other Export 
Intermediaries that prohibit such other Export Intermediaries from 
handling competing Products and Services.
    4. Sign exclusive arrangements with its clients that prohibit 
Northeast Florida Export Trading Company, Inc. from representing 
competing companies.

Definitions

    ``Export Intermediary'' means a person who acts as a distributor, 
sales representative, sales or marketing agent, or broker, or who 
performs similar functions, including providing or arranging for the 
provision of Export Trade Facilitation Services.

Protection Provided by Certificate

    This Certificate will protect the Northeast Florida Export Trading 
Company, Inc. and its directors, officers, and employees acting on its 
behalf from private treble damage actions and government criminal and 
civil suits under Federal and State antitrust laws for the export 
conduct specified in the Certificate and carried out during its 
effective period in compliance with its Terms and Conditions.

    Dated: January 21, 1994.
Jude Kearney,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Service Industries and Finance.
[FR Doc. 94-1773 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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