[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13997]


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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 of 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: Commercial News USA.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4063P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0061.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 733 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,200.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Commercial News USA (CNUSA), published twelve times 
a year by a private sector firm, is the U.S. Department of Commerce's 
export catalog-magazine. The product information in CNUSA reaches more 
than 145,000 distributors, government officials, and potential buyers 
overseas through direct distribution from U.S. embassies and 
consulates. Firms use the form to request that their product 
information be published in CNUSA, a service for which the firms pay a 
minimum fee of $695.
    This information collection item allows the U.S. Department of 
Commerce to promote U.S. products and services available for export as 
part of the USDOC's trade promotion activities. CNUSA is a unique 
export promotion service for U.S. manufacturers and service firms; 
nothing similar is available to them through the private sector. The 
product promotions in CNUSA differ from paid advertisements in that 
they must meet program criteria. Because U.S. embassies and consulates 
handle distribution, the product information reaches a vast, screened 
readership not only through direct dissemination but also via 
counseling by commercial officers and through walk-in visits to 
commercial libraries where CNUSA is displayed. Further, American 
Chambers of Commerce, local business editors, and other trade entities 
that reprint information from CNUSA or display or disseminate the 
entire magazine provide a multiplier effect.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit, not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit, 
voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 14th & 
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 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: May 30, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-13997 Filed 6-4-02; 8:45 am]
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