[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21885]


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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: U.S. Census Bureau.
    Title: Annual Trade Report.
    Form Number(s): SA-42, SA-42A.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0195.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,364 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6,000.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 24 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Trade Survey (ATS) is the official 
source of annual sales, inventory, inventory valuation methods, 
purchases, cost of goods sold, and gross margin estimates for merchant 
wholesalers in the United States. The ATS provides annual wholesale 
data needed to improve the accuracy of personal consumption estimates 
and inventory adjustments in the gross domestic product (GDP) accounts 
and for benchmarking results of the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey. The 
ATS has fulfilled these important and recurring data needs since its 
inception in 1978. The estimates compiled from this survey provide 
valuable information for economic policy decisions by the government 
and are widely used by private businesses, trade organizations, 
professional associations, and other business research and analysis 
organizations. This request is for the clearance of two similar report 
forms, the SA-42 and SA-42A, used to collect data in this survey using 
the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Previously, 
these report forms were numbered B-450 and B-451 on the old Standard 
Industrial Classification (SIC) basis. The move to NAICS represents a 
change in classification to some companies, but not a change in the 
questions asked on our forms. Both forms request similar data items but 
different forms are needed to accommodate both large and small firms. 
The survey report forms are used to collect both total and e-commerce 
sales, purchases, year-end inventory, inventory valuation methods, and 
legal form of organization from merchant wholesale firms.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., Sections 182, 224, and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, (202) 395-5103.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, room 6086, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet at [email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 24, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-21885 Filed 8-29-01; 8:45 am]
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