[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 105 (Friday, May 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31057-31058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12081]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Proposed Information collection; Comment Request; Export Trading; 
Companies Contact Facilitation Service

AGENCY: International Trade Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental 
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th & 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Shirley Hooker, Export Trading Company Affairs, 
Industry Analysis; phone: (202) 482-5131; e-mail: [email protected], and fax: (202) 482-1790.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    One of the goals of the Export Trading Company (ETC) Act of 1982 is 
to increase U.S. exports of goods and services by encouraging a more 
efficient provision of export trade services to U.S. producers. Section 
104 of the Act directs the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to provide 
a service to facilitate contact between producers of exportable goods 
and services and firms offering export trade services. The Export 
Trading Company Contact Facilitation Service (CFS) is a database 
designed to carry out the goal of Section 104 of the Act by putting 
U.S. producers of goods and services together with U.S. export service 
providers.
    The DOC's International Trade Administration (ITA) maintains the 
CFS database of U.S. producers and export service providers (export 
trading and export management firms, export sales agents, freight 
forwarders, and other export trade service providers) through a public-
private partnership. The producers and export service providers 
voluntarily register their export interests online at http://www.exportyellowpages.com for inclusion in the CFS. The Export Yellow 
Pages[reg], an ITA program, uses the CFS to help promote U.S. goods and 
services, and enable U.S. producers to locate export service providers.
    The commercial profiles of CFS registrants are accessible at http://www.exportyellowpages.com. CFS registrants are also listed in an 
annual

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print directory distributed worldwide. The CFS print and electronic 
directories are made available through ``The Export Yellow Pages''. 
Without the information collected by the form, the CFS database and the 
resulting directories would be unreliable and ineffective, because end-
users of this data need current information about the listed companies.

II. Method of Collection

    Form ITA-4094P is accessible to U.S. firms at http://www.exportyellowpages.com. This form can also be sent by request to 
U.S. firms.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0625-0120.
    Form Number(s): ITA-4094P.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions; and state, local or tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 18,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,500.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $94,500.

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
(including hours and costs) of the proposed collection of information; 
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or forms of information technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: May 27, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-12081 Filed 5-29-08; 8:45 am]
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