[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 53 (Thursday, March 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12831-12832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-6072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an amended Export Trade Certificate of 
Review, Application No. 97-7A003.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued an amendment to the 
Export Trade Certificate of Review

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granted to the Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ'') on March 3, 2004. Notice of issuance of the original 
Certificate was published in the Federal Register on January 28, 1998 
(63 FR 4220).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Office 
of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, 
by telephone at (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. The regulations implementing 
Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2004).
    The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing 
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department 
of Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the Federal 
Register. Under section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the 
grounds that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

    Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 97-00003, was issued to AARQ 
on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4220, January 28, 1998) and last amended 
November 19, 2002 (68 FR 8739, February 25, 2003).
    AARQ's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended 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)): 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'' to read ``American 
Commodity Company, LLC, Robbins, California''; ``Cargill Americas, 
Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota'' to read ``Cargill Americas, Inc., Coral 
Gables, Florida''; ``ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, and its 
subsidiary, Alliance Grain, Inc., Voorhees, New Jersey'' 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'' 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'' to read ``Rickmers 
Rice USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee''; ``Sunshine Rice, Inc., 
Stockton, California (a subsidiary of Sunshine Business Enterprise, 
Inc.)'' to read ``KD International Trading, Inc., Stockton, California 
(a subsidiary of Sunshine Business Enterprises, Inc.)''; and ``Uncle 
Ben's Inc., Greenville, Mississippi'' to read ``Masterfoods USA a Mars, 
Incorporated Company, Greenville, Mississippi.''
    The effective date of the amended certificate is December 4, 2003. 
A copy of the amended certificate will be kept in the International 
Trade Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection 
Facility, Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: March 11, 2004.
Jeffrey A. Anspacher,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
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