[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 46815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22288]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Annual Trade Survey.
    Form Number(s): B-450, B-451.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0195.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 2,036 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 23 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Bureau of the Census conducts the Annual Trade 
Survey to collect annual sales, purchases, year-end inventory, 
inventory valuation methods, legal form of organization, cost of goods 
sold, and gross margin data from a sample of wholesalers who are 
contained in the Census Bureau's Standard Statistical Establishment 
List (SSEL). We tabulate the annual wholesale trade data to benchmark 
data from our Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey. The Bureau of Economic 
Analysis incorporates the wholesale trade data in its calculations of 
the gross domestic product. Other government agencies and businesses 
use the published estimates to gauge the current trends of the economy.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 
482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 
10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: September 1, 1995.

Gerald Tache,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.

[FR Doc. 95-22288 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]

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