[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4254-4255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01570]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 97-13A03]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Application for an Amended Export Trade Certificate 
of Review by Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ''), Application No. 97-13A03.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, through the International Trade 
Administration, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (OTEA), has 
received an application for an amended Export Trade Certificate of 
Review (``Certificate'') from AARQ. This notice summarizes the proposed 
amendment and seeks public comments on whether the amended Certificate 
should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade 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. Sections 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. The regulations implementing Title III are found 
at 15 CFR part 325 (2016). 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 application. Under 15 CFR 325.6 (a), interested parties 
may, within twenty days after the date of this notice, submit written 
comments to the Secretary through OTEA on the application.
    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 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 
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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: Office of Trade and Economic 
Analysis, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 21028, 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 amended 
Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as ``Export 
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 97-13A03.''

Summary of the Application

    Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.
    Contact: c/o Matthew R. Elkin and Peter G. Mattocks, Morgan Lewis & 
Bockius LLP, 2020 K Street NW., Washington DC 20006.
    Application No.: 97-13A03.
    Date Deemed Submitted: January 11, 2016.
    AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate by making the following changes 
to the list of Members covered by the Certificate:
1. Deleting the following Members from its Certificate:

    a. Family & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida
    b. Noble Logistics USA, Inc., Portland Oregon
    c. Rickmers Rice USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
    d. Texana Rice, Inc., Louise, Texas
2. Changing Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd., Santa Fe Springs, California 
(a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan) to Nishimoto 
Trading Co., Ltd. dba Wismettac Asian Foods, Santa Fe Springs, 
California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan)
3. Changing 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) to 
Interra International, LLC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
4. Changing TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a 
subsidiary of TRC Group Inc., Roseville, California) and its subsidiary 
Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, Houston, Texas to TRC Trading Corporation, 
Roseville, California (a subsidiary of TRC Group Inc., Roseville, 
California) and its subsidiary Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, 
Crawfordsville, Arkansas
5. Changing Veetee Rice, Inc., Great Neck, New York (a subsidiary of 
Veetee Investments Corporation (Bahamas)) to Veetee Foods Inc., 
Islandia, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee Investments Corporation 
(Bahamas))

    AARQ's proposed amendment of its Export Trade Certificate of Review 
would result in the following entities as Members under the 
Certificate:

1. ADM Latin, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, ADM Grain Company, Decatur, 
Illinois, and ADM Rice, Inc., Tarrytown, New York (subsidiaries of 
Archer Daniels Midland Company)
2. American Commodity Company, LLC, Williams, California
3. Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative (ARMCO), Richvale, California
4. Bunge Milling, Saint Louis, Missouri (a subsidiary of Bunge North 
America, White Plains, New York), dba PIRMI (Pacific International Rice 
Mills), Woodland, California
5. Cargill Americas, Inc., and its subsidiary CAI Trading, LLC, Coral 
Gables, Florida
6. Farmers' Rice Cooperative, Sacramento, California
7. Farmers Rice Milling Company, Inc., Lake Charles, Louisiana
8. Far West Rice, Inc., Durham, California
9. 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)
10. Gulf Pacific Disc, Inc., Houston, Texas
11. Itochu International Inc., Portland, Oregon (a subsidiary of Itochu 
Corporation (Japan))
12. JFC International Inc., Los Angeles, California (a subsidiary of 
Kikkoman Corp.)
13. JIT Products, Inc., Davis, California
14. Kennedy Rice Dryers, L.L.C., Mer Rouge, Louisiana
15. Kitoku America, Inc., Burlingame, California (a subsidiary of 
Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd. (Japan))
16. 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)
17. Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, Mermentau, Louisiana
18. Nidera US LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera BV 
(Netherlands))
19. Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd. dba Wismettac Asian Foods, Santa Fe 
Springs, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. 
(Japan)
20. Producers Rice Mill, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas
21. Interra International, LLC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
22. Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas
23. 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
24. Sinamco Trading Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
25. SunFoods LLC, Woodland, California
26. SunWest Foods, Inc., Davis, California
27. The Sun Valley Rice Co., LLC, Arbuckle, California
28. TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a subsidiary of TRC 
Group Inc., Roseville, California) and its subsidiary Gulf Rice 
Arkansas II, LLC, Crawfordsville, Arkansas
29. Veetee Foods Inc., Islandia, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee 
Investments Corporation (Bahamas))
30. Wehah Farm, Inc., dba Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale, California

    Dated: January 20, 2016.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration.
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