[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 38 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 8690]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3409]


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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. 05-2A001.

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SUMMARY: On February 21, 2007, The U.S. Department of Commerce issued 
an amended Export Trade Certificate of Review to Central America 
Poultry Export Quota, Inc. (``CA-PEQ'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Export 
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (202) 482-
5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or 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 (2005).
    Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') is issuing this notice 
pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the U.S. 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 ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

    The original CA-PEQ Certificate (No. 05-00001) was issued on 
January 30, 2006 (71 FR 6753, February 9, 2006) and last amended on 
July 11, 2006 (71 FR 40076, July 14, 2006).
    CA-PEQ's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to--
    1. Change the Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation 
section of its certificate at part 2 (Implementation), F (Contents of 
Bid), first sentence, (ii) from: the quantity of poultry bid, in an 
amount that is a multiple of 25 metric tons to: the quantity of poultry 
bid, with a minimum bid of one metric ton.
    2. Allow for the public disclosure of the following two additional 
pieces of information regarding the result of its public tender 
process: (a) The average bid price for all successful bids; and (b) the 
names of the successful bidders. This change would be reflected by 
amending the Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation section 
of its certificate at part 2 (Implementation), H (Confidentiality of 
Information) from: The Administrator shall treat all bids and their 
contents as confidential. The Administrator shall disclose any such 
information only to another neutral third party or authorized 
government official of the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras or Nicaragua, signatories to the DR-CAFTA, and only where 
necessary to ensure the effective operation of the TRQ System or where 
required by law (including appropriate disclosure in connection with 
the arbitration of a dispute). However, after the issuance of all TRQ 
Certificates from an open-tender process, the Administrator shall 
notify all bidders and shall disclose publicly (i) the total tonnage 
for which TRQ Certificates were awarded, and (ii) the lowest price per 
metric ton of all successful bids to: The Administrator shall treat all 
bids and their contents as confidential. The Administrator shall 
disclose any such information only to another neutral third party or 
authorized government official of the United States, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras or Nicaragua, signatories to the DR-CAFTA, and only 
where necessary to ensure the effective operation of the TRQ System or 
where required by law (including appropriate disclosure in connection 
with the arbitration of a dispute). However, after close of each open-
tender process the Administrator shall notify all bidders and shall 
disclose publicly (i) the total tonnage for which TRQ certificates were 
awarded, (ii) the lowest price per metric ton of all successful bids, 
(iii) the average price per metric ton for all successful bids, and 
(iv) the names of the winning bidders.
    The effective date of the amended certificate is November 28, 2006. 
A copy of the amended certificate will be kept in the International 
Trade Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection 
Facility, Room 4100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: February 21, 2007.
Jeffrey C. Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
 [FR Doc. E7-3409 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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