[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68042-68043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30346]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 97-10A03]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application (97-10A03) to amend an Export 
Trade Certificate of Review issued to the Association for the 
Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.

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SUMMARY: Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has received an 
application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and 
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of 
Competition and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5l3l (this is not a toll-free number) or by 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. An Export Trade Certificate 
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the 
Certificate from State and Federal government antitrust actions and 
from private, treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct 
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its 
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company 
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a 
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and 
summarizing its proposed export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

    Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the 
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. If the 
comments include any privileged or confidential business information, 
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments 
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked 
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be 
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies 
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 
days after the date of this notice to: Export Trading Company Affairs, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 
7021X, Washington, DC 20230, or transmit by E-mail at 
[email protected]. Information submitted by any person is exempt from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 
However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made 
available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or not 
to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as 
``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 97-10A03.''
    The original Certificate for the Association for the Administration 
of Rice Quotas, Inc. was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4220, 
January 28, 1998). The Certificate has been previously amended nine 
times. The last amendment was issued on March 31, 2009 (74 FR 16363, 
April 10, 2009). A summary of the current application for an amendment 
follows.

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Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(AARQ), c/o AARQ Chairman, Christian Bonnesen of ADM Rice, Inc., 660 
White Plains Road, Tarrytown, New York 10591.
    Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esq., Counsel to Applicant, Telephone: 
(202) 682-7217.
    Application No.: 97-10A03.
    Date Deemed Submitted: December 11, 2009.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to reflect 
the following changes:
    1. Add the following companies as new Members of the Certificate 
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 C.F.R. 
325.(1)): ADM Grain Company, Decatur, Illinois (a subsidiary of Archer 
Daniels Midland Company) and TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, 
California (a subsidiary of The Rice Company).
    2. Amend the listing of the following Members: ``American Commodity 
Company, LLC Robbins, California'' should be amended to read ``American 
Commodity Company, LLC, Williams, California''; ``American Rice, Inc., 
Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of SOS Cuetara USA, Inc.)'' should be 
amended to read ``American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of 
SOS Corporation Alimentaria, SA)''; ``Cargill Americas, Inc., and its 
subsidiary CAI Trading Company LLC, Coral Gables, Florida'' should be 
amended to read ``Cargill Americas, Inc. and its subsidiary CAI 
Trading, LLC, Coral Gables, Florida; ``JFC International Inc., San 
Francisco, California (a subsidiary of Kikkoman Corp.)'' should be 
amended to read ``JFC International Inc., Los Angeles, California (a 
subsidiary of Kikkoman Corp.)''; and ``Nidera, Inc., Stamford, 
Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie BV 
(Netherlands))'' should be amended to read ``Nidera, Inc., Wilton, 
Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie BV 
(Netherlands)).''

    Dated: December 16, 2009.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.
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