[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 186 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59004-59005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 13-00001]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review 
to Emporia Trading LLC, Application No. 13-00001.

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SUMMARY: The Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') unit, Office of 
Competition and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce, has received an application for an Export Trade 
Certificate of Review (``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the 
conduct for which certification is sought 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, 
by telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
email 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. The regulations implementing 
Title III are found at 15 CFR Part 325 (2013). The U.S. Department of 
Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Competition and 
Economic Analysis (``OCEA'') is issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 
325.6(b), which requires the Secretary of Commerce to publish a summary 
of the application in the Federal Register. Under Section 305(a) of the 
Export Trading Company Act (15 U.S.C. 4012(b)(1)) and 15 CFR 325.6, 
interested parties may submit written comments to the Secretary on the 
application within twenty days after the date the notice is published 
in the Federal Register.
    Request for Public Comments: Interested parties may submit written 
comments relevant to the determination whether a 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 transmitted by Email 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 12-00001.'' A 
summary of the application follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Emporia Trading LLC, 6408 Los Robles El Paso TX, 79912.
    Application No.: 13-00001.
    Date Deemed Submitted: September 17, 2013.
    Members (in addition to applicant): Robert T ``Terry'' Smith, Sr. 
and Robert ``Bobby'' Smith. Jr. are individual members who seek to be 
covered by and receive the protections of the Certificate. Terry 
Smith's principal address is the same as the applicant's and Bobby 
Smith's address is 2200 Panther Trail, 503 Austin, TX 78704. 
Both members are affiliated with the applicant through common 
ownership.
    Emporia Trading LLC seeks a Certificate of Review to engage in the 
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation described below in the 
following Export Trade and Export Markets:

Export Trade

    Products: Manufactured Products [NAICS 31-33]
    Services: All services related to the export of Products.
    Technology Rights: All intellectual property rights associated with 
Products or Services, including, but not limited to: patents, 
trademarks, services marks, trade names, copyrights, neighboring 
(related) rights, trade secrets, know-how, and confidential databases 
and computer programs.
    Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products): Export Trade Facilitation Services, including but not 
limited to: Consulting and trade strategy, arranging and coordinating 
delivery of Products to the port of export; arranging for inland and/or 
ocean transportation; allocating Products to vessel; arranging for 
storage space at port; arranging for warehousing, stevedoring, 
wharfage, handling, inspection, fumigation, and freight forwarding; 
insurance and financing; documentation and services related to 
compliance with customs' requirements; sales and marketing; export 
brokerage; foreign marketing and analysis; foreign market development; 
overseas advertising and promotion; Products-related research and 
design based upon foreign buyer and consumer preferences; inspection 
and quality control; shipping and export management; export licensing; 
provisions of overseas sales and distribution facilities and overseas 
sales staff; legal; accounting and tax assistance; development and 
application of management information systems; trade show exhibitions; 
professional services in the area of government relations and 
assistance with federal and state export assistance programs (e.g., 
Export Enhancement and Market Promotion programs, invoicing (billing) 
foreign buyers; collecting (letters of credit and other financial 
instruments) payment for Products; and arranging for payment of 
applicable commissions and fees.

Export Markets

    The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United 
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations

    To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets, Emporia Trading 
LLC and its individual members (collectively ``Emporia'') may:
    1. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    2. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in

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the Export Markets and distribute such information to clients;
    3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products and Services, and/
or Technology Rights to Export Markets;
    4. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    5. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of Products and Services and/or 
Technology Rights;
    6. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
    7. Establish the price of Products and Services and/or Technology 
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets; and
    8. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of Technology Rights.
    9. Emporia may exchange information with individual Suppliers on a 
one-to-one basis regarding that Supplier's inventories and near-term 
production schedules in order that the availability of Products for 
export can be determined and effectively coordinated by Emporia with 
its distributors in Export Markets.

Definition

    ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells 
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.

    Dated: September 17, 2013.
 Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.
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