[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 61 (Thursday, March 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 21541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06604]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; International Price Program U.S. Import and Export Price 
Indexes

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Bureau of 
Labor Statistics (BLS)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public 
comments on the ICR are invited.

DATES: The OMB will consider all written comments that the agency 
receives on or before April 29, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bouchet by telephone at 202-
693-0213, or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The price data collected by the 
International Price Program (IPP) is used to produce indexes which 
measure, on a monthly basis, changes in transaction prices of goods and 
services exported from or imported into the U.S. This published data is 
in turn used to deflate import and export trade statistics, deflate the 
foreign trade component of the GDP, determine monetary and fiscal 
policy, negotiate trade agreements, and determine trade and commercial 
policy. The respondents are establishments conducting import/export 
trade and receive no compensation for their participation. The IPP 
survey is a voluntary survey. For additional substantive information 
about this ICR, see the related notice published in the Federal 
Register January 19, 2024 (89 FRN 3695).
    Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information 
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimates of the burden and 
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless the OMB approves it and displays a currently valid 
OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any other provisions 
of law, no person shall generally be subject to penalty for failing to 
comply with a collection of information that does not display a valid 
OMB Control Number. See 5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6.
    Agency: DOL-BLS.
    Title of Collection: International Price Program U.S. Import and 
Export Price Indexes.
    OMB Control Number: 1220-0025.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,350.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 19,510.
    Total Estimated Annual Time Burden: 9,650 hours.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D))

Nicole Bouchet,
Senior Paperwork Reduction Act Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2024-06604 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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