[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 245 (Tuesday, December 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33803]


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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, Pub. L. 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Export Trading Companies Contact Facilitation Service.
    Agency Form Number: ITA 4094P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0120.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 4,750 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 9,500.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Contact Facilitation Service (CFS) is designed 
to put producers together with exporters. Many U.S. firms have never 
exported because of a fear of the risks involved in exporting and a 
lack of knowledge of the international marketplace. New-to-export firms 
need the assistance of firms offering export trade services. One of the 
purposes of the Export Trading Company (ETC) Act of 1982 is to increase 
United States exports of goods and services by encouraging more 
efficient provision of export trade services to U.S. producers and 
suppliers. Section 104 of the Act directs Commerce to provide a service 
to facilitate contact between producers of exportable goods and 
services and firms offering export trade services.
    The International Trade Administration (ITA) maintains a database 
of U.S. manufacturers, export trading and management companies, 
wholesalers/distributors, and international service firms. The CFS is 
designed to help promote exports and enable U.S. producers to locate 
ETCs and export services providers. Companies registered in the 
database are also listed in annual editions of the U.S. Department of 
Commerce--U.S. Exporters' Yellow Pages TM (formerly known as 
The Export Yellow Pages) which are distributed throughout the United 
States and worldwide. Without the information collected by the form, 
the CFS and U.S. Department of Commerce--U.S. Exporters' Yellow Pages 
TM would be unreliable and ineffective, because users of 
this kind of information need the current information about the listed 
companies.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit 
institutions, state, local or tribal Governments.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (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, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503 within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: December 17, 1998.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33803 Filed 12-21-98; 8:45 am]
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