[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 145 (Monday, July 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 43684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-17164]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.
    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 (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35):
    Title: Annual Wholesale Trade Survey.
    Form Number(s): SA-42, SA-42A, SA-42(MSBO), SA-42A(MSBO), SA-
42(AGBR), SA-42A(AGBR).
    OMB Control Number: 0607-0195.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden Hours: 3,811.
    Number of Respondents: 7,329.
    Average Hours per Response: 31 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Wholesale Trade Survey (AWTS) canvasses 
firms located in the United States that are primarily engaged in 
merchant wholesale trade, including manufacturers' sales branches and 
offices, as well and non-merchant wholesale trade such as agents, 
brokers, and electronic markets. The estimates produced from the AWTS 
provide current trends of economic activity by kind of business for the 
United States, and serve as a benchmark for the estimates compiled from 
the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey [OMB No. 0607-0190]. The AWTS 
estimates address the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) need for annual 
measures of sales, e-commerce, inventories, and operating expenses, 
which serve to improve BEA's calculation of the Gross Domestic Product 
(GDP). Additionally, the estimates provide valuable information for 
economic policy decisions by the government and are widely used by 
private businesses, trade organizations, professional associations, and 
other business research and analysis organizations.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13, United States Code, Sections 182, 224, 
and 225.
    OMB Desk Officer: Brian Harris-Kojetin, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB Desk Officer either by fax (202-395-7245) 
or e-mail ([email protected]).

    Dated: July 22, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-17164 Filed 7-25-08; 8:45 am]
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