[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: International Buyer Program: Application and Exhibitor Data.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4014P and ITA-4102P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0151.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 919 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,080.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 190 minutes for the application and 10 
minutes for the exhibitor data.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's, 
International buyer Program (IBP), encourages international buyers to 
attend selected domestic trade shows in high export potential 
industries and to facilitate contact between US exhibitors and foreign 
visitors. The program has been successful having substantially 
increased the number of foreign visitors attending these selected shows 
as compared to the attendance when not supported by the program. The 
number of shows selected to the program increased from 10 in 1986 to 26 
in 1997. Among the criteria used to select these shows are: export 
potential, international interest, scope of the show, stature of the 
show, exhibitor interest, overseas marketing, logistics, and 
cooperation of show organizers. Form ITA-4014P, ``Exhibitor Data,'' is 
used to determine which U.S. firms are interested in meeting with 
international business visitors and the overseas business interests of 
the exhibitors. The exhibitor data form is completed by U.S. exhibitors 
participating in an IBP domestic trade show and is used to list the 
firm and its products in an Export Interest Directory which is 
distributed worldwide for use by Foreign Commercial Officers in 
recruiting delegations of international buyers to attend the show. The 
Form ITA-4102P, ``Application,'' is used by a potential show organizer 
to provide (1) his/her experience, (2) ability to meet the special 
conditions of the IBP, and (3) information about the domestic trade 
show such as the number of U.S. exhibitors and the percentage of net 
exhibit space occupied by U.S. companies vis-a-vis non-U.S. exhibitors.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Patrick Boyd, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Pat Boyd, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, 
New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25442 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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