[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40747-40748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17277]


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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332-345]


Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2012 Annual Report; 
Schedule for 2012 Report and Opportunity To Submit Information; 
Availability of 2011 Report

AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Commission has prepared and published annual reports in 
this series under investigation No. 332-345 since 1996. The 2011 report 
is now available from the Commission online and in printed form. The 
2012 report, which the Commission plans to publish in July 2012, will 
cover cross-border trade for the period ending in 2010 and transactions 
by affiliates based outside the country of their parent firm for the 
period ending in 2009. The Commission is inviting interested members of 
the public to furnish information in connection with the 2012 report.

DATES: October 6, 2011: Deadline for filing written submissions of 
information to the Commission. July 12, 2012: Anticipated date for 
publishing the report.

ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are located in the United States 
International Trade Commission Building, 500 E St., SW., Washington, 
DC. All written submissions should be addressed to the Secretary, 
United States International Trade Commission, 500 E St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20436. The public record for this investigation may be 
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket information system (EDIS) 
at https://edis.usitc.gov/edis3-internal/app.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Isaac Wohl (202-205-

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3356 or [email protected]) or Services Division Chief Richard Brown 
(202-205-3438 or [email protected]) for information specific to 
this investigation. For information on the legal aspects of these 
investigations, 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: Under this investigation, the Commission publishes two 
annual reports, one on services trade (Recent Trends in U.S. Services 
Trade), and a second on merchandise trade (Shifts in U.S. Merchandise 
Trade). The latest version of the Commission's Recent Trends in U.S. 
Services Trade is now available online at http://www.usitc.gov; it is 
also available in printed form from the Office of the Secretary at 202-
205-2000 or by fax at 202-205-2104.
    The initial notice of institution of this investigation was 
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 1993 (58 FR 47287) 
and provided for what is now the report on merchandise trade. The 
Commission expanded the scope of the investigation to cover services 
trade in a separate report, which it announced in a notice published in 
the Federal Register on December 28, 1994 (59 FR 66974). The separate 
report on services trade has been published annually since 1996, except 
in 2005. As in past years, the report will summarize trade in services 
in the aggregate and provide analyses of trends and developments in 
selected services industries during the latest period for which data 
are published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (for the 2012 report, data for the periods described above). 
The 2012 report will focus on selected infrastructure services, 
alternating with the focus of the 2011 report on professional services.
    Written Submissions: Interested parties are invited to submit 
written statements and other information concerning the matters to be 
addressed by the Commission in its report on this investigation. 
Submissions should be addressed to the Secretary. To be assured of 
consideration by the Commission, written submissions related to the 
Commission's report should be submitted at the earliest practical date 
and should be received not later than 5:15 pm, October 6, 2011. All 
written submissions must conform to 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 
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 
(CBI) must also conform to 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.
    The Commission intends to prepare only a public report in this 
investigation. The report that the Commission makes available to the 
public will not contain confidential business information. Any 
confidential business information received by the Commission in this 
investigation and used in preparing the 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: July 6, 2011.
James R. Holbein,
Secretary to the Commission.
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