[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54315-54316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23578]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 01-1A001]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review to 
Ginseng & Herb Cooperative (``GHC''), Application No. 01-1A001.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and 
Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), issued an amended Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to GHC on October 16, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, OTEA, 
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) (``the Act'') 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 (2018). OTEA is issuing this 
notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Secretary of 
Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the Federal 
Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

    GHC's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to:
    1. Remove Ginseng Board of Wisconsin (``GBW'') as the Export Trade 
Certificate of Review holder and issue the Export Trade Certificate of 
Review to GHC,
    2. Remove all references to GBW and to the GBW Seal,
    3. Remove all references to Members,
    4. Remove all references to Mechthild Handke,
    5. Remove all references to Ginseng Research Institute of America, 
Inc. (``GRIA''),

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    6. Remove reference to the supplier lottery,
    7. Change the Products covered from ``cultivated ginseng and 
cultivated ginseng products; cultivated golden seal and cultivated 
golden seal products; cultivated echinacea and cultivated echinacea 
products'' to ``cultivated ginseng and cultivated ginseng products, 
i.e., wholesale ginseng roots, ginseng capsules 500 mg, ginseng slices, 
ginseng tea, ginseng powder and fiber, and ginseng retail root'', and
    8. Strike the following: ``Meetings at which GBW and the Members 
establish export prices shall not be open to the public.''
    The effective date of the amended certificate is July 18, 2018, the 
date on which GHC's application to amend was deemed submitted.

    Dated: October 24, 2018.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2018-23578 Filed 10-26-18; 8:45 am]
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