[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 87 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25739-25740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8632]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance 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 (ITA).
    Title: International Buyer Program: Application and Exhibitor Data 
Form.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4014P and ITA-4102P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0151.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,400.
    Number of Respondents: 7,250.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours and 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's 
International Buyer Program (IBP) encourages international buyers to 
attend selected domestic trade shows in high export potential 
industries and to facilitate contact between U.S. exhibitors and 
foreign visitors. The program has been successful, having substantially 
increased the number of foreign visitors attending these selected shows 
as compared to the attendance when not supported by the program. The 
number of shows selected to the program increased from 28 in FY 2001 to 
32 in FY 2004 and will increase to 36 in 2007. Among the criteria used 
to select these shows are: Protection of intellectual property rights, 
export potential, international interest, scope of show, stature of 
show, exhibitor interest, overseas marketing, logistics, and 
cooperation of show organizers. Form ITA-4014P, Exhibitor Data, is used 
to determine which U.S. firms are interested in meeting with 
international business visitors and the overseas business interest of 
the exhibitors. The exhibitor data form is completed by U.S. exhibitors 
participating in an IBP domestic trade show and is used to list the 
firm and its U.S.-made products in an Export Interest Directory, which 
is distributed worldwide for use by Foreign Commercial Officers in 
recruiting delegations of international buyers to attend the show. The 
Form ITA-4102P, Application, is used by a potential show organizer to 
provide (1) his/her experience, (2) ability to meet the special 
conditions of the IBP, and (3) information about the domestic trade 
show such as the number of U.S. exhibitors and the percentage of net 
exhibit space occupied by U.S. companies vis-a-vis non-U.S. exhibitors.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations, and 
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 Diana Hynek, Departmental

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Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, 
Room 6625, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E-
mail: [email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of the publication of this 
notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, via the Internet [email protected] or Fax (202) 395-7285.

    Dated: May 1, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-8632 Filed 5-4-07; 8:45 am]
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