[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4671-4672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01766]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 97-12A003]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application (97-12A003) to amend the Export Trade 
Certificate of Review held by the Association for the Administration of 
Rice Quotas, Inc.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA'') of the 
International Trade Administration, 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 amended Certificate should be 
issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, (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. 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

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information, it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of 
the comments (identified as such) should be included. Any comments not 
marked as 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 
7025-X, Washington, DC 20230.
    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 97-12A003.''
    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). A summary of the current application for an 
amendment follows.

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ''), c/o Jess Errecarte, AARQ Chairman, 1550 Drew Ave Suite 150 
Davis, California 95616.
    Contact: Matthew R. Elkin, Counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, 
Telephone (202) 739-5285.
    Application No.: 97-12A003.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 7, 2014.
    Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to:
1. Remove the following member companies from AARQ Certificate: 
Newfield Rice, Inc., Miramar, Florida and The Connell Company for the 
activities of itself and its two divisions, Connell Rice & Sugar Co. 
and Connell International Company, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
2. Change the names of the following AARQ members: Commodity 
Specialists Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota to Sinamco Trading Inc., 
Minneapolis, Minnesota and Nidera US LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a 
subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie BV (Netherlands) to Nidera US 
LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera BV (Netherlands))
    AARQ's proposed amendment of its Export Trade Certificate of Review 
would result in the following membership list:

ADM Latin, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, ADM Grain Company, Decatur, 
Illinois, and ADM Rice, Inc., Tarrytown, New York (subsidiaries of 
Archer Daniels Midland Company)
American Commodity Company, LLC, Williams, California
Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative (ARMCO), Richvale, California
Bunge Milling, St. Louis, Missouri (a subsidiary of Bunge North 
America, White Plains, New York) dba PIRMI (Pacific International Rice 
Mills), Woodland, California
Cargill Americas, Inc., and its subsidiary CAI Trading LLC, Coral 
Gables, Florida
Family & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida
Farmers' Rice Cooperative, Sacramento, California
Farmers Rice Milling Company, Inc., Lake Charles, Louisiana
Far West Rice, Inc., Durham, California
Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; Gulf Rice Milling, Inc., 
Houston, Texas; and Harvest Rice, Inc., McGehee, Arkansas (each a 
subsidiary of Gulf Pacific, Inc., Houston, Texas)
Gulf Pacific Disc, Inc., Houston, Texas
Itochu International Inc., Portland, Oregon (a subsidiary of Itochu 
Corporation (Japan))
JFC International Inc., Los Angeles, California (a subsidiary of 
Kikkoman Corp.)
JIT Products, Inc., Davis, California
Kennedy Rice Dryers, L.L.C., Mer Rouge, Louisiana
Kitoku America, Inc., Burlingame, California (a subsidiary of Kitoku 
Shinryo Co., Ltd. (Japan))
LD Commodities Rice Merchandising LLC, Wilton, Connecticut, and LD 
Commodities Interior Rice Merchandising LLC, Kansas City, Missouri 
(subsidiaries of Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC, Wilton, Connecticut)
Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, Mermentau, Louisiana
Nidera, US LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera BV 
(Netherlands))
Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd., Santa Fe Springs, California (a subsidiary 
of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan))
Noble Logistic USA Inc., Portland, Oregon
Producers Rice Mill, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas
PS International, LLC dba PS International Ltd., Chapel Hill, North 
Carolina (jointly owned by Seaboard Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri 
and PS Trading Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas
Rickmers Rice USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro Foods, S.A. 
(Spain)) for the activities of itself and its subsidiary, American 
Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas
Sinamco Trading, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
SunFoods LLC, Woodland, California
SunWest Foods, Inc., Davis, California
Texana Rice, Inc., Louise, Texas
The Sun Valley Rice Co., LLC, Arbuckle, California
TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a subsidiary of TRC 
Group Inc., Roseville California) and its subsidiary Gulf Rice Arkansas 
II, LLC, Houston, Texas
Trujillo & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida
Veetee Rice, Inc., Great Neck, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee 
Investments Corporation (Bahamas))
Wehah Farm, Inc., dba Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale, California.

    Dated: January 23, 2014.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration.
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