[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64351-64352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26235]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-325]


The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: 
Seventh Update; Special Topic: Global Supply Chains

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of seventh update report and scheduling of public 
hearing.

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SUMMARY: Following receipt of a request dated August 16, 2010 from the 
United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade 
Commission (Commission) has announced its schedule for preparing the 
seventh update report in investigation No. 332-325, The Economic 
Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints, including the scheduling 
of a public hearing in connection with the investigation for December 
16, 2010.

Dates: 
    November 29, 2010: Deadline for filing requests to appear at the 
public hearing.
    November 29, 2010: Deadline for filing pre-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    December 16, 2010: Public hearing.
    January 6, 2011: Deadline for filing post-hearing briefs and 
statements.
    February 7, 2011: Deadline for filing all other written 
submissions.
    August 12, 2011: Transmittal of Commission report to USTR.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing 
rooms, are located in the United States International Trade Commission 
Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC. All written submissions 
should be addressed to the Secretary, United States International Trade 
Commission, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC 20436. The public record 
for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic 
docket (EDIS) at http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/edis.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader William Powers 
([email protected] or 202-708-5405) or Deputy Project Leader 
Jose Signoret ([email protected] or 202-205-3125) for information 
specific to this investigation (the seventh update). For information on 
the legal aspects of this investigation, contact William Gearhart of 
the Commission's Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or 
[email protected]). The media should contact Margaret 
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or 
[email protected]). Hearing-impaired individuals may obtain 
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal 
at 202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also 
be obtained by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 
Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in 
gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the 
Secretary at 202-205-2000.
    Background: The Commission instituted this investigation under 
Section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) following 
receipt of an initial request from the USTR dated May 15, 1992. The 
request asked that the Commission assess the quantitative economic 
effects of significant U.S. import restraints on the U.S. economy and 
prepare periodic update reports after the initial report. The 
Commission published a notice of institution of the investigation in 
the Federal Register of June 17, 1992 (57 FR 27063). The first report 
was delivered to the USTR in November 1993, the first update in 
December 1995, and successive updates were delivered in 1999, 2002, 
2004, 2007, and 2009. In this seventh update, as requested by the USTR 
in a letter dated August 16, 2010, the Commission will, in addition to 
the quantitative effects analysis similar to that included in prior 
reports, include an overview of global supply chains, including the 
economic forces behind them and current U.S. involvement in them. The 
USTR asked that the overview be accessible to readers who may not be 
professional economists. As in previous reports in this series, the 
seventh update will continue to assess the economic effects of 
significant import restraints on U.S. consumers and firms, the income 
and employment of U.S. workers, and the net economic welfare of the 
United States. This assessment will use the Commission's computable 
general equilibrium model. However, as per earlier instructions from 
the USTR, the Commission will not assess import restraints resulting 
from antidumping or countervailing duty investigations, section 337 and 
406 investigations, or section 301 actions.
    Public Hearing: A public hearing in connection with this 
investigation will be held at the United States International Trade 
Commission Building, 500 E Street SW., Washington, DC, beginning at 
9:30 a.m. on December 16, 2010. Requests to appear at the hearing 
should be filed with the Secretary no later than 5:15 p.m., November 
29, 2010, in accordance with the requirements in the ``Submissions'' 
section below. All pre-hearing briefs and statements should be filed 
not later than 5:15 p.m., November 29, 2010; and all post-hearing 
briefs and statements should be filed not later than 5:15 p.m., January 
6, 2011. In the event that, as of the close of business on November 29, 
2010, no witnesses are scheduled to appear at the hearing, the hearing 
will be canceled. Any person interested in attending the hearing as an 
observer or nonparticipant may call the Secretary to the Commission 
(202-205-2000) after November 29, 2010, for information concerning 
whether the hearing will be held.
    Written Submissions: In lieu of or in addition to participating at 
the hearing, interested parties are invited to file written submissions 
concerning this investigation. All written submissions (other than pre- 
and post-hearing briefs and statements) should be addressed to the 
Secretary, and should be received not later than 5:15 p.m., February 7, 
2011. All written submissions must conform with the provisions of 
section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 
CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 requires that a signed original (or a copy so 
designated) and fourteen (14) copies of each document be filed. In the 
event that confidential treatment of a document is requested, at least 
four (4) additional copies must be filed, in which the confidential 
information must be deleted (see the following paragraph for further 
information regarding confidential business information). The 
Commission's rules authorize filing submissions with the Secretary by 
facsimile or electronic means only to the extent permitted by section 
201.8 of the

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rules (see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). Persons with questions regarding 
electronic filing should contact the Secretary (202-205-2000).
    Any submissions that contain confidential business information must 
also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the 
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages 
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information 
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions, 
except for confidential business information, will be made available 
for inspection by interested parties.
    In its request letter, the USTR stated that his office intends to 
make the Commission's report available to the public in its entirety, 
and asked that the Commission not include any confidential business 
information or national security classified information in the report 
it sends to the USTR. Any confidential business information received by 
the Commission in this investigation and used in preparing this report 
will not be published in a manner that would reveal the operations of 
the firm supplying the information.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: October 14, 2010.
William R. Bishop,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
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