[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 61330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24184]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce.
    Title: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad.
    OMB Control Number: 0608-0053.
    Form Number: BE-11.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 1,900 annually (filing for 18,700 foreign 
affiliates).
    Average Hours per Response: 91 hours is the average, but may vary 
considerably among respondents because of differences in company size 
and complexity.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 172,600.
    Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad 
(Form BE-11) obtains financial and operating data covering the 
operations of U.S. parents and their foreign affiliates, including 
their balance sheets; income statements; property, plant, and 
equipment; employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade; 
sales of goods and services; taxes; and research and development 
activity. The survey is a sample survey that covers all foreign 
affiliates above a size-exemption level and their U.S. parents. The 
sample data are used to derive universe estimates in nonbenchmark years 
from similar data reported in the BE-10, Benchmark Survey of U.S. 
Direct Investment Abroad, which is conducted every five years. The data 
are needed to measure the size and economic significance of direct 
investment abroad, measure changes in such investment, and assess its 
impact on the U.S. and foreign economies.
    The data from the survey are primarily intended as general purpose 
statistics. They should be readily available to answer any number of 
research and policy questions related to U.S. direct investment abroad.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 
[email protected].
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, number (202) 395-7245, or via email at 
[email protected].

     Dated: September 30, 2013.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-24184 Filed 10-2-13; 8:45 am]
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