[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 89 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24942-24943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11677]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census

15 CFR Part 30

[Docket No. 990416099-9099-01]
RIN 0607-AA32


New Canadian Province Import Code for Territory of Nunavut

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census is amending the Foreign Trade 
Statistics Regulations (FTSR), to add a new Canadian Province/Territory 
code for the Territory of Nunavut. This Canadian Territory code is 
being added to the existing Canadian Province/Territory codes used for 
reporting Canadian Province of Origin information on Customs Entry 
Records.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The provisions of this rule are effective April 1, 
1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Harvey Monk, Jr., Chief, Foreign 
Trade Division, Bureau of the Census, Room 2104, Federal Building 3, 
Washington, DC 20233-6700, by telephone on (301) 457-2255, by fax on 
(301) 457-2645, or by e-mail at [email protected]. For 
information on the specific Customs reporting requirements contact: 
Dave Kahne, U.S. Customs Service, Room 5.2C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20229, by telephone on (202) 927-0159 or by fax on 
(202) 927-1096.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background Information

    On November 29, 1996, the U.S. Bureau of the Census (Census 
Bureau), Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Customs Service 
(Customs), Department of the Treasury, announced the implementation of 
the requirements for collecting Canadian Province of Origin information 
on Customs Entry Records in the Federal Register (61 FR 60531). The 
Supplementary Information contained in that notice fully recounts the 
development of the program for collecting Canadian Province of Origin 
information on Customs import

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documents. Please refer to that notice for details on the 
implementation of that program.
    The reporting provisions for collecting Canadian Province of Origin 
information are incorporated in FTSR, 15 CFR 30.80, ``Imports from 
Canada.'' The Census Bureau is now amending 15 CFR 30.80(d) to add a 
new Canadian Province/Territory code (XV) for the Territory of Nunavut. 
The Canadian Province codes are used to report Canadian Province of 
Origin information on Customs Entry Records required for all U.S. 
imports that originate in Canada. The Census Bureau is coordinating the 
implementation of this rule with Customs. This action is taken to 
fulfill the requirements of the 1987 agreement between the United 
States and Canada under which the countries agreed to replace their 
requirements for reporting export data by substituting exchanged import 
information. The Department of Treasury concurs with the provisions 
contained in this final rule.

Program Requirements

    In order to include the new Canadian Province/Territory code for 
the Territory of Nunavut, the Census Bureau is revising 15 CFR 30.80(d) 
to add the code XV for Nunavut to the list of valid Canadian Province/
Territory codes.

Rulemaking Requirements

    This rule is exempt from all requirements of Section 553 of the 
Administrative Procedures Act because it deals with a foreign affairs 
function (5 U.S.C. (A) (1)).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    Because a notice of proposed rulemaking is not required by 5 U.S.C. 
553 or any other law, a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is not required 
and has not been prepared (5 U.S.C. 603(a)).

Executive Orders

    This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of 
Executive Order 12866. This rule does not contain policies with 
Federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of the 
Federalism assessment under Executive Order 12612.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, no person is required 
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure 
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13, unless 
that collection of information displays a currently valid Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control number.
    This rule covers collection of information subject to PRA 
provisions, which OMB cleared under Control Number 1515-0065. For 
further information on the OMB submission, contact Dave Kahne, U.S. 
Customs Service, Room 5.2C, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC 20229, by telephone on 202-927-0159 or by fax on 202-927-1096.
    This rulemaking will have no impact on the current reporting-hour 
burden requirements as approved under OMB control number 1515-0065.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 30

    Economic statistics, Exports, Foreign trade, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

Amendments to 15 CFR Part 30

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Census Bureau is 
amending 15 CFR Chapter I, Part 30, as follows:

PART 30--FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS

    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR Part 30 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 13 U.S.C. 301-307; Reorganization Plan 
No. 5 of 1950 (3 CFR 1949-1953 Comp., 1004); Department of Commerce 
Organization Order No. 35-2A, August 4, 1975, 40 FR 42765.

Subpart F--Special Provisions for Particular Types of Import 
Transactions

    2. Section 30.80 (d) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 30.80  Imports from Canada.

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    (d) The Province of Origin code replaces the Country of Origin code 
only for imports that have been determined, under applicable Customs 
rules, to originate in Canada. Valid Canadian Province/Territory codes 
are:

XA--Alberta
XB--New Brunswick
XC--British Columbia
XM--Manitoba
XN--Nova Scotia
XO--Ontario
XP--Prince Edward Island
XQ--Quebec
XS--Saskatchewan
XT--Northwest Territories
XV--Nunavut
XW--Newfoundland
XY--Yukon

    Approved: New Canadian Province Import Code for Nunavut Docket 
Number 990416099-9099-01.

    Dated: April 13, 1999.
Kenneth Prewitt,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 99-11677 Filed 5-7-99; 8:45 am]
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