[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70231-70232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of 
Review.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA''), 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has

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received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Office 
of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or by E-mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act 
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to 
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate 
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the 
Certificate from state and federal government antitrust actions and 
from private treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct 
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its 
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and 
summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. If the 
comments include any privileged or confidential business information, 
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments 
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked 
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be 
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies 
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 
days after the date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company 
Affairs, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 1104H, Washington, DC 20230, or transmit by E-mail at 
[email protected]. Information submitted by any person is exempt from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 
However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made 
available to the applicant, if necessary, for determining whether or 
not to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application 
as ``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 97-7A003.''
    The Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.'s 
(``AARQ'') original Certificate was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 
4220, January 28, 1998) and last amended on November 19, 2002 (68 FR 
8739, February 25, 2003). A summary of the application for an amendment 
follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ''), c/o David Van Oss of Riviana Foods Inc., 2777 Allen 
Parkway, Houston, Texas 77019.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esq., Counsel to Applicant, Telephone: 
(202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-7A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: December 4, 2003.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to:
    1. Add each of the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of Sec.  325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 
CFR 325.2(l) (2003)): Itochu International Inc., New York, New York (a 
subsidiary of Itochu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan); and Veetee Rice Inc., 
Springfield, Virginia (a subsidiary of Veetee Investments, Nassau, 
Bahamas).
    2. Change the listing of the following Members: ``California 
Commodity Traders, LLC, Robbins, California, and its affiliate American 
Commodity Company, LLC, Robbins, California'' should be amended to read 
``American Commodity Company, LLC, Robbins, California''; ``Cargill 
Americas, Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota'' should be amended to read 
``Cargill Americas, Inc., Coral Gables, Florida''; ``ConAgra Foods, 
Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and its subsidiary, Alliance Grain, Inc., 
Voorhees, New Jersey'' should be amended to read ``ConAgra Foods, Inc., 
Omaha, Nebraska, and its subsidiary, Alliance Grain, Inc., Marlton, New 
Jersey''; ``Gulf Pacific, Inc., and its subsidiaries, Gulf Pacific Rice 
Co., Inc., and Gulf Rice Milling, Inc., Houston, Texas'' should be 
amended to read ``Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc., Gulf Rice Milling, Inc., 
Houston, Texas, and Harvest Rice, Inc., McGehee, Arkansas (each a 
subsidiary of Gulf Pacific, Inc., Houston, Texas)''; ``Rickmers Rice 
USA, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri'' should be amended to read ``Rickmers 
Rice USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee''; ``Sunshine Rice, Inc., 
Stockton, California (a subsidiary of Sunshine Business Enterprise, 
Inc.)'' should be amended to read ``KD International Trading, Inc., 
Stockton, California (a subsidiary of Sunshine Business Enterprises, 
Inc.)''; and ``Uncle Ben's Inc., Greenville, Mississippi'' should be 
amended to read ``Masterfoods USA a Mars, Incorporated Company, 
Greenville, Mississippi.''

    Dated: December 11, 2003.
Jeffrey. C. Anspacher,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 03-31069 Filed 12-16-03; 8:45 am]
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