[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 48414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20788]
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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), Department of Commerce.
Title: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign
Expenses of U.S. Carriers (BE-30) and the Quarterly Survey of U.S.
Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues and Expenses (BE-37).
OMB Control Number: 0608-0011.
Form Number: BE-30 and BE-37.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Number of Responses: BE-30 responses: 280 annually (70 filed each
quarter; 62 reporting mandatory data, and 8 that would file exemption
claims).
BE-37 responses: 120 annually (30 filed each quarter; 29 reporting
mandatory data, and one that would file an exemption claim).
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours is the average for those
reporting data and one hour is the average for those filing an
exemption, but hours may vary considerably among respondents because of
differences in company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,492 (BE-30 burden hours of
1,024 and BE-37 burden hours of 468).
Needs and Uses: The Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and
Foreign Expenses of U.S. Carriers (BE-30) is a survey that collects
data from U.S. ocean freight carriers (owners and operators) whose
total covered revenues or total covered expenses incurred outside the
United States were $500,000 or more in the previous year or are
expected to be $500,000 or more during the current year. The covered
revenues are: (1) Revenue on cargo outbound from U.S. ports and the
associated shipping weight; (2) revenue on cargo inbound into the
United States and the associated shipping weight; (3) revenue on cross-
trade cargoes; and (4) charter hire (with crew) and space leasing
revenues from foreign residents. The covered expenses are: (1) Fuel
expenses in foreign countries; (2) expenses in foreign countries (other
than fuel expenses); and (3) charter hire (with crew) and space leasing
payments to foreign residents.
The Quarterly Survey of U.S. Airline Operators' Foreign Revenues
and Expenses (BE-37) is a survey that collects data from U.S. airline
operators engaged in the international transportation of goods and/or
passengers and whose total covered revenues or total covered expenses
incurred outside the United States were $500,000 or more in the
previous year or are expected to be $500,000 or more during the current
year. The covered revenues are: (1) Revenue derived from carriage of
export freight and express from the United States to points outside the
United States; (2) revenue derived from carriage of freight and express
originating from, and destined to, points outside the United States;
(3) revenue derived from transporting passengers originating from, and
destined to, points outside the United States; (4) revenue from
transporting passengers to and from the United States and the
associated number of passengers; and (5) interline settlement receipts
from foreign airline operators. The covered expenses are: (1) Expenses
incurred outside the United States for fuel and oil, station and
maintenance bases, wages, and other goods and services purchased abroad
(except aircraft leasing expenses); (2) aircraft (with crew) leasing
expenses; and (3) interline settlement payments to foreign airline
operators.
The data collected on the surveys are needed to monitor U.S. trade
in transport services, to analyze the impact of these cross-border
services on the U.S. and foreign economies, to compile and improve the
U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in
transport services, to conduct trade promotion, and to improve the
ability of U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate market
opportunities. The data are used in estimating the transport component
of the U.S. international transactions accounts (ITAs) and national
income and product accounts (NIPAs).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is not making any
modifications to the current BE-30 and BE-37 surveys. The effort to
keep current reporting requirements unchanged is intended to minimize
respondent burden while considering the needs of data users. Existing
language in the instructions and definitions will be reviewed and
adjusted as necessary to clarify survey requirements.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: Robert Sivinski, (202) 395-1205.
This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/. Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to [email protected].
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-20788 Filed 9-24-18; 8:45 am]
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