[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15606]


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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 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of the Census.
    Title: Annual Trade Report.
    Form Number(s): B-450, B-451.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0195.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,221 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,750.
    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. 
We are submitting this request as a revision because of a change in our 
sample strategy. We have selected a new slightly larger sample in order 
to maintain high quality in the tabulated results.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, USC, Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall, (202) 395-7313.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 8, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-15606 Filed 6-10-98; 8:45 am]
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