[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55625-55626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-18893]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-345]


Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2006 Annual Report

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Scheduling of 2006 report on Recent Trends in U.S. Services 
Trade and opportunity for the public to submit information.

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SUMMARY: The International Trade Commission (ITC) has prepared and 
published annual reports in this series under investigation No. 332-345 
since 1996 (Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade). The 2006 report, 
which the Commission plans to publish in June 2006, will cover cross-
border trade for the period ending in 2004 and transactions by 
affiliates based outside the country of their parent firm for the 
period ending in 2003. The Commission is inviting interested members of 
the public to furnish information in connection with the 2006 report.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the report may be 
directed to the project leader, Eric Forden, Office of Industries (202-
205-3235; [email protected]) or to Richard Brown, Office of 
Industries

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(202-205-3438; [email protected]). For information on legal 
aspects, please contact William Gearhart, Office of General Counsel 
(202-205-3091; [email protected]). The media should contact 
Margaret O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Officer (202-205-1819; 
[email protected]). Hearing impaired individuals are advised 
that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the TDD 
terminal on 202-205-1810. Inquiries or suggestions from the public 
regarding the report are welcome and should be directed to the Office 
of the Secretary at 202-205-2000; written inquiries should be addressed 
to the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20436. General information concerning the 
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server http://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this investigation may be viewed 
on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://edis.usitc.gov.
    Background: Under the investigation, the Commission publishes two 
annual reports, one on services trade (Recent Trends in U.S. Services 
Trade), and a second on merchandise trade (Shifts in U.S. Merchandise 
Trade). The latest version of the Commission's Recent Trends in U.S. 
Services Trade was published in June 2004 and may be obtained from the 
ITC's Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov); no report was published 
in 2005. A printed report may be requested by contacting the Office of 
the Secretary at 202-205-2000 or by fax at 202-205-2104.
    The initial notice of institution of this investigation was 
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 1993 (58 FR 47287) 
and provided for what is now the report on merchandise trade. The 
Commission expanded the scope of the investigation to cover services 
trade in a separate report, which it announced in a notice published in 
the Federal Register of December 28, 1994 (59 FR 66974). The separate 
report on services trade has been published annually since 1996, except 
in 2005. As in past years, the report will summarize trade in services 
in the aggregate and provide analyses of trends and developments in 
selected services industries during the latest period for which data 
are published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (for the 2006 report, data for the period described above).
    Written Submissions: The Commission does not plan to hold a public 
hearing in connection with preparation of the 2006 report. However, 
interested persons are invited to submit written statements containing 
data and other information concerning the matters to be addressed in 
the reports. All submissions should be addressed to the Secretary, 
United States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20436, and should be received no later than the close of 
business on October 28, 2005. All written submissions must conform with 
the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 of the rules requires that 
a signed original (or a copy designated as an original) and fourteen 
(14) copies of each document be filed. In the event that confidential 
treatment of the document is requested, as least four (4) additional 
copies must be filed, in which the confidential information must be 
deleted (see the following paragraph for further information regarding 
confidential business information). The Commission's rules do not 
authorize filing submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or 
electronic means, except to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of 
the rules (see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/electronic_filing_handbook.pdf).
    Any submissions that contain confidential business information must 
also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the 
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages 
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information 
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions, 
except for confidential business information, will be made available in 
the Office of the Secretary to the Commission for inspection by 
interested parties. The Commission plans to make the 2006 report 
available to the public in its entirety; it will not publish such 
confidential business information in its report in a manner that would 
reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 16, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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