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continuation of the Travel & Tourism
Satellite Accounts for the United States,
which provide the only spending and
employment figures for the industry,
and (5) to support the goals of objectives
of the President’s National Travel &
Tourism Strategy.
The Survey program contains the core
data that is collected, analyzed and
communicated by NTTO with other
government agencies, associations and
businesses that share the same objective
of increasing U.S. international travel
exports. The Survey assists NTTO in
assessing the economic impact of
international travel on state and local
economies, providing visitation
estimates, key market intelligence, and
identifying traveler and trip
characteristics. The U.S. Department of
Commerce assists travel industry
enterprises to increase international
travel and passenger fare exports for the
country as well as outbound travel on
U.S. carriers. The Survey program
provides the only available estimates of
nonresident visitation to the states and
cities within the United States, as well
as U.S. resident travel abroad.
A new survey instrument
(questionnaire) (English version plus its
translations into eleven foreign
languages) was implemented in 2012. It
reflects input from over 70 respondents,
including: Travel Industry (airlines,
travel associations, destinations,
lodging); Consultants; Financial Firms;
Educational Institutions; and other U.S.
Government Agencies.
The new Survey questionnaire reflects
changes in various questions relating to:
Trip purpose; Payment methods;
Booking/Information sources; additional
package components, health care/
vaccinations, travel insurance
information, additional transportation
utilized, Assessment of the Visitor’s
Experience; and intentions for further
travel to the United States; Ethnicity/
race. Several questions from the preexisting 1996 questionnaire were
eliminated to further streamline the
survey.
II. Method of Collection
The survey instrument/questionnaire
(‘‘Survey of International Air
Travelers’’) continues to be in paper
format and is self-administered by the
passenger who volunteers to take the
survey, either while in the departure
gate area or on-board the flight. The
flights are selected randomly and this
approach is described as ‘cluster
sampling.’ The majority (80%) of the
passenger surveys are collected in U.S.
airport departure gate areas. About 20%
of all the passenger surveys are
collected during flight (on-board) post
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departure (Canada is not part of the
program). U.S. and foreign flag airlines
that volunteer to participate in the
Survey program enable the collection
either in U.S. departure gate areas or onboard flights.
NTTO is planning to change the
format to electronic or to a more
efficient and equally statistically valid
process once compelling results have
been attained. To date there have been
‘e-Survey tests’ in partnership with
Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and
with a major airline in its boarding area.
Other tests are planned this year
including the goal to leverage personal
electronic devices (PED) and Wi-Fi
capabilities in the airport and on-board
certain flights.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0227.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
[extension of a current information
collection].
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
300,000 [changed from 99,400 due to
mandate of the Travel Promotion Act
which requires a ‘one percent’ sample of
overseas arrivals].
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 75,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 14–00004]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of Application for an
Export Trade Certificate of Review for
DFA of California, Application no. 14–
00004.
ACTION:
The Office of Trade and
Economic Analysis (‘‘OTEA’’) of the
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, has received
an application for an Export Trade
Certificate of Review (‘‘Certificate’’).
This notice summarizes the application
and requests comments relevant to
whether the Certificate should be
issued.
SUMMARY:
III. Data
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Dated: December 11, 2014.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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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 etca@trade.gov.
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 a 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 business
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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: 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 14–00004.’’
A summary of the current application
follows.
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Summary of the Application
Applicant: DFA of California, 710
Striker Avenue Sacramento, CA 95834.
Contact: Matthew Krehe, Senior
Manager with Gilbert Associates, Inc.,
(916) 646–6464.
Application No.: 14–00004.
Date Deemed Submitted: December 1,
2014.
Summary: DFA of California (‘‘DFA’’)
seeks a Certificate of Review to engage
in the Export Trade Activities and
Methods of Operation described below
in the following Export Trade and
Export Markets.
Export Trade
Products: California Figs, Prunes and
Walnuts in processed and unprocessed
form. HS codes that best describe these
products include, Figs (HS Code
080420), ‘‘Natural Condition’’ and
Processed Prunes (HS Code 081320), Inshell Walnuts (HS Code 080231), and
Shelled Walnuts (HS Code 080232).
Services: All services related to the
export of Products.
Technology Rights: All intellectual
property rights associated with Products
or Services, including, but not limited
to: Patents, trademarks, services marks,
trade names, copyrights, neighboring
(related) rights, trade secrets, knowhow, and confidential databases and
computer programs.
Export Trade Facilitation Services (as
They Relate to the Export of Products):
All export trade related facilitation
services, including but not limited to:
Development of trade strategy; sales,
marketing, and distribution; foreign
market development; export promotion;
and all aspects of foreign sales
transactions, including export
brokerage, freight forwarding,
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transportation, insurance, billing,
collection, trade documentation, and
foreign exchange; customs, duties, and
taxes; and inspection and quality
control.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts
of the world except the United States
(the fifty states of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands, and the Territory of the Pacific
Islands).
Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operations
To engage in Export Trade in the
Export Markets, DFA may exchange and
discuss with its Members the following
information:
1. With respect to the Export Markets,
information about the sales and
marketing efforts, activities and
opportunities for sales of Products,
selling strategies, sales, contract and
spot pricing, projected demands,
customary terms of sale, and
specifications for Products by
customers;
2. Information about the price,
quality, quantity, source, and delivery
dates of Products available from the
Members for export;
3. Information about terms and
conditions of contracts for sale in the
Export Markets to be considered and/or
bid on by DFA and its Members;
4. Information about joint bidding or
selling arrangements for the Export
Markets and allocations of sales
resulting from such arrangements
among the Members;
5. Information about expenses specific
to exporting to and within the Export
Markets, including without limitation,
transportation, trans- or intermodal
shipments, insurance, inland freight to
port, port storage, commissions, export
sales, documentation, financing,
customs, duties, and taxes;
6. Information about U.S. and foreign
legislation and regulations, including
federal marketing order programs,
affecting sales of Products for the Export
Markets;
7. Information about DFA’s or its
Members’ export operations, including
without limitation, sales and
distribution networks established by
DFA or its Members in the Export
Markets, and prior export sales by
Members (including export price
information); and
8. Information about export customer
credit terms and credit history.
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DFA and its Members may prescribe
the following conditions for admission
of members of DFA as participants in
the Export Trade Activities and
Methods of Operation and as new
Members of the Certificate (within the
meaning of 15 CFR 325.2(l)) and
termination of Membership:
1. Membership shall be limited to Fig,
Prune or Walnut Processors and Packers
as defined under ‘‘Definitions.’’
2. Membership shall terminate on the
occurrence of one of more of the
following events:
i. Withdrawal or resignation of the a
Member;
ii. Expulsion approved by a majority
of all Members for a material violation
of DFA’s Operating Agreement, after
prior written notice to the Member
proposed to be expelled and an
opportunity of such Member to appear
and be heard before a meeting of the
Members;
iii. Death or permanent disability of a
Member who is an individual or the
dissolution of a Member other than an
individual; or
iv. The bankruptcy of a Member as
provided in DFA’s By-Laws.
3. DFA and its Members may establish
the following Minimum Qualifications
to participate in the DFA of California’s
Export Committees for Figs, Natural
Condition Prunes, Prune Processors,
and Walnuts. A participant must be:
i. A DFA Member;
ii. Owner of a commercially viable
processing facility;
iii. In good standing with DFA credit
terms (Payment net 30); and
iv. Its personal and business conduct
must be considered consistent with the
highest industry standards as necessary
to protect the integrity of the committee.
a. Fig Export Committee: Refer to
Minimum Qualifications.
b. Natural Condition Prune Export
Committee:
i. In addition to meeting the
Minimum Qualifications, participation
in this export committee requires the
Member to be a packer of natural
condition prunes for export.
b. Prune Processor Export Committee:
i. In addition to meeting the
Minimum Qualifications, participation
in this export committee requires the
Member to be a processor of processed
prunes for export.
ii. Participation also requires that the
Member has the capability to thermally
process and pack fruit into a consumerready product to a minimum 25%
moisture level suitable for end user
consumption.
c. Walnut Export Committee: Refer to
Minimum Qualifications.
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Definition
1. ‘‘Supplier’’ means a person who
produces, provides, or sells Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights.
2. ‘‘Export Intermediary’’ means a
person (including a Member) who acts
as a distributor, sales representative,
sales or marketing agent, or broker, or
who provides similar functions,
including providing, or arranging the
provision of, Export Trade Facilitation
Services.
3. ‘‘Processor or Packer’’ means a
person who processes or packs figs,
prunes or walnuts grown in California.
4. ‘‘Member’’ means the Members of
DFA listed below and any other
members of DFA added as Members
under the Certificate through
amendment of the Certificate.
5. ‘‘Natural Condition Prunes’’ means
prunes (with pits) in the condition in
which they are normally delivered from
a dry yard or dehydrator and may
include:
a. Prunes which have been washed,
but which retain natural condition;
b. Prunes which will permit normal
bulk storage without adding a
preservative;
c. Prunes which have been size
graded;
d. Prunes which may have been
processed and re-dried to acceptable
natural condition moisture content; and
e. Prunes in which the average
moisture content of a lot is 21% or less.
4. ‘‘Processed Prunes’’ means prunes
which have been thermally processed
(e.g.treated with hot water or steam) in
the course of their preparation for
packaging to the extent that their
condition no longer meets the definition
of ‘‘natural condition.’’
The members of DFA of California
proposed as Members under the
Certificate within the meaning of 15
CFR 325.2(l):
1. Alpine Pacific Nut Company
(Hughson, CA)
2. Andersen & Sons Shelling (Vina, CA)
3. Avanti Nut Company, Inc. (Stockton,
CA)
4. Berberian Nut Company, LLC (Chico,
CA)
5. Carriere Family Farms, Inc. (Glenn,
CA)
6. Continente Nut LLC (Oakley, CA)
7. Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. (Los
Molinos, CA)
8. Crisp California Walnuts (Stratford,
CA)
9. Diamond Foods, Inc. (Stockton, CA)
10. Empire Nut Company (Colusa, CA)
11. Gold River Orchards, Inc. (Escalon,
CA)
12. Grower Direct Nut Company
(Hughson, CA)
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13. GSF Nut Company (Orosi, CA)
14. Guerra Nut Shelling Company
(Hollister, CA)
15. Hill View Packing Company Inc.
(Gustine, CA)
16. Linden Nut Company (Linden, CA)
17. Mariani Nut Company (Winters, CA)
18. Mariani Packing Company, Inc.
(Vacaville, CA)
19. Mid Valley Nut Company Inc.
(Hughson, CA)
20. National Raisin Company (Fowler,
CA)
21. Poindexter Nut Company (Selma,
CA)
22. Prima Noce Packing (Linden, CA)
23. Sacramento Packing, Inc. (Yuba City,
CA)
24. Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers,
Inc. (Yuba City, CA)
25. San Joaquin Figs, Inc. (Fresno, CA)
26. Shoei Foods USA, Inc. (Olivehurst,
CA)
27. Stapleton-Spence Packing (Gridley,
CA)
28. Sunsweet Growers Inc. (Yuba City,
CA)
29. T.M. Duche Nut Company, Inc.
(Orland, CA)
30. Wilbur Packing Company, Inc. (Live
Oak, CA)
31. Valley Fig Growers (Fresno, CA)
Dated: December 11, 2014.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic
Analysis, International Trade Administration,
(202) 482–5131, etca@trade.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
North American Free Trade Agreement,
Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews;
First Request for Panel Review
NAFTA Secretariat, United
States Section, International Trade
Administration, Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of First Request for Panel
Review.
AGENCY:
On December 1, 2014,
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (formerly
Deacero S.A. de C.V.), and Deacero
USA, Inc. filed a First Request for Panel
Review with the United States Section
of the NAFTA Secretariat pursuant to
Article 1904 of the North American Free
Trade Agreement. Panel Review was
requested of the U.S. International
Trade Commission’s final determination
regarding Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar
from Mexico and Turkey: September 4,
2013–October 28, 2014. This
SUMMARY:
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determination was published in the
Federal Register (79 FR 65,246), on
November 3, 2014. The NAFTA
Secretariat has assigned Case Number
USA–MEX–2014–1904–02 to this
request.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marsha Ann Y. Iyomasa, Acting United
States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat,
Suite 2061, 14th and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230,
(202) 482–5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Chapter
19 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement (‘‘Agreement’’) established a
mechanism to replace domestic judicial
review of final determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty
cases involving imports from a NAFTA
country with review by independent
binational panels. When a Request for
Panel Review is filed, a panel is
established to act in place of national
courts to review expeditiously the final
determination to determine whether it
conforms with the antidumping or
countervailing duty law of the country
that made the determination.
Under Article 1904 of the Agreement,
which came into force on January 1,
1994, the Government of the United
States, the Government of Canada, and
the Government of Mexico established
Rules of Procedure for Article 1904
Binational Panel Reviews (‘‘Rules’’).
These Rules were published in the
Federal Register on February 23, 1994
(59 FR 8686).
A first Request for Panel Review was
filed with the United States Section of
the NAFTA Secretariat, pursuant to
Article 1904 of the Agreement, on
December 1, 2014, requesting a panel
review of the determination and order
described above.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may
challenge the final determination in
whole or in part by filing a Complaint
in accordance with Rule 39 within 30
days after the filing of the first Request
for Panel Review (the deadline for filing
a Complaint is December 31, 2014);
(b) a Party, investigating authority or
interested person that does not file a
Complaint but that intends to appear in
support of any reviewable portion of the
final determination may participate in
the panel review by filing a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 40
within 45 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline
for filing a Notice of Appearance is
January 15, 2015); and
(c) the panel review shall be limited
to the allegations of error of fact or law,
including the jurisdiction of the
investigating authority, that are set out
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 14-00004]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of Application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review
for DFA of California, Application no. 14-00004.
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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 for an Export Trade Certificate of Review
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the application and requests
comments relevant to whether the 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 etca@trade.gov.
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 a 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 business
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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: 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 14-00004.''
A summary of the current application follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: DFA of California, 710 Striker Avenue Sacramento, CA
95834.
Contact: Matthew Krehe, Senior Manager with Gilbert Associates,
Inc., (916) 646-6464.
Application No.: 14-00004.
Date Deemed Submitted: December 1, 2014.
Summary: DFA of California (``DFA'') seeks a Certificate of Review
to engage in the Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation
described below in the following Export Trade and Export Markets.
Export Trade
Products: California Figs, Prunes and Walnuts in processed and
unprocessed form. HS codes that best describe these products include,
Figs (HS Code 080420), ``Natural Condition'' and Processed Prunes (HS
Code 081320), In-shell Walnuts (HS Code 080231), and Shelled Walnuts
(HS Code 080232).
Services: All services related to the export of Products.
Technology Rights: All intellectual property rights associated with
Products or Services, including, but not limited to: Patents,
trademarks, services marks, trade names, copyrights, neighboring
(related) rights, trade secrets, know-how, and confidential databases
and computer programs.
Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of
Products): All export trade related facilitation services, including
but not limited to: Development of trade strategy; sales, marketing,
and distribution; foreign market development; export promotion; and all
aspects of foreign sales transactions, including export brokerage,
freight forwarding, transportation, insurance, billing, collection,
trade documentation, and foreign exchange; customs, duties, and taxes;
and inspection and quality control.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Territory of the Pacific Islands).
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations
To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets, DFA may exchange
and discuss with its Members the following information:
1. With respect to the Export Markets, information about the sales
and marketing efforts, activities and opportunities for sales of
Products, selling strategies, sales, contract and spot pricing,
projected demands, customary terms of sale, and specifications for
Products by customers;
2. Information about the price, quality, quantity, source, and
delivery dates of Products available from the Members for export;
3. Information about terms and conditions of contracts for sale in
the Export Markets to be considered and/or bid on by DFA and its
Members;
4. Information about joint bidding or selling arrangements for the
Export Markets and allocations of sales resulting from such
arrangements among the Members;
5. Information about expenses specific to exporting to and within
the Export Markets, including without limitation, transportation,
trans- or intermodal shipments, insurance, inland freight to port, port
storage, commissions, export sales, documentation, financing, customs,
duties, and taxes;
6. Information about U.S. and foreign legislation and regulations,
including federal marketing order programs, affecting sales of Products
for the Export Markets;
7. Information about DFA's or its Members' export operations,
including without limitation, sales and distribution networks
established by DFA or its Members in the Export Markets, and prior
export sales by Members (including export price information); and
8. Information about export customer credit terms and credit
history.
DFA and its Members may prescribe the following conditions for
admission of members of DFA as participants in the Export Trade
Activities and Methods of Operation and as new Members of the
Certificate (within the meaning of 15 CFR 325.2(l)) and termination of
Membership:
1. Membership shall be limited to Fig, Prune or Walnut Processors
and Packers as defined under ``Definitions.''
2. Membership shall terminate on the occurrence of one of more of
the following events:
i. Withdrawal or resignation of the a Member;
ii. Expulsion approved by a majority of all Members for a material
violation of DFA's Operating Agreement, after prior written notice to
the Member proposed to be expelled and an opportunity of such Member to
appear and be heard before a meeting of the Members;
iii. Death or permanent disability of a Member who is an individual
or the dissolution of a Member other than an individual; or
iv. The bankruptcy of a Member as provided in DFA's By-Laws.
3. DFA and its Members may establish the following Minimum
Qualifications to participate in the DFA of California's Export
Committees for Figs, Natural Condition Prunes, Prune Processors, and
Walnuts. A participant must be:
i. A DFA Member;
ii. Owner of a commercially viable processing facility;
iii. In good standing with DFA credit terms (Payment net 30); and
iv. Its personal and business conduct must be considered consistent
with the highest industry standards as necessary to protect the
integrity of the committee.
a. Fig Export Committee: Refer to Minimum Qualifications.
b. Natural Condition Prune Export Committee:
i. In addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, participation
in this export committee requires the Member to be a packer of natural
condition prunes for export.
b. Prune Processor Export Committee:
i. In addition to meeting the Minimum Qualifications, participation
in this export committee requires the Member to be a processor of
processed prunes for export.
ii. Participation also requires that the Member has the capability
to thermally process and pack fruit into a consumer-ready product to a
minimum 25% moisture level suitable for end user consumption.
c. Walnut Export Committee: Refer to Minimum Qualifications.
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Definition
1. ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.
2. ``Export Intermediary'' means a person (including a Member) who
acts as a distributor, sales representative, sales or marketing agent,
or broker, or who provides similar functions, including providing, or
arranging the provision of, Export Trade Facilitation Services.
3. ``Processor or Packer'' means a person who processes or packs
figs, prunes or walnuts grown in California.
4. ``Member'' means the Members of DFA listed below and any other
members of DFA added as Members under the Certificate through amendment
of the Certificate.
5. ``Natural Condition Prunes'' means prunes (with pits) in the
condition in which they are normally delivered from a dry yard or
dehydrator and may include:
a. Prunes which have been washed, but which retain natural
condition;
b. Prunes which will permit normal bulk storage without adding a
preservative;
c. Prunes which have been size graded;
d. Prunes which may have been processed and re-dried to acceptable
natural condition moisture content; and
e. Prunes in which the average moisture content of a lot is 21% or
less.
4. ``Processed Prunes'' means prunes which have been thermally
processed (e.g.treated with hot water or steam) in the course of their
preparation for packaging to the extent that their condition no longer
meets the definition of ``natural condition.''
The members of DFA of California proposed as Members under the
Certificate within the meaning of 15 CFR 325.2(l):
1. Alpine Pacific Nut Company (Hughson, CA)
2. Andersen & Sons Shelling (Vina, CA)
3. Avanti Nut Company, Inc. (Stockton, CA)
4. Berberian Nut Company, LLC (Chico, CA)
5. Carriere Family Farms, Inc. (Glenn, CA)
6. Continente Nut LLC (Oakley, CA)
7. Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. (Los Molinos, CA)
8. Crisp California Walnuts (Stratford, CA)
9. Diamond Foods, Inc. (Stockton, CA)
10. Empire Nut Company (Colusa, CA)
11. Gold River Orchards, Inc. (Escalon, CA)
12. Grower Direct Nut Company (Hughson, CA)
13. GSF Nut Company (Orosi, CA)
14. Guerra Nut Shelling Company (Hollister, CA)
15. Hill View Packing Company Inc. (Gustine, CA)
16. Linden Nut Company (Linden, CA)
17. Mariani Nut Company (Winters, CA)
18. Mariani Packing Company, Inc. (Vacaville, CA)
19. Mid Valley Nut Company Inc. (Hughson, CA)
20. National Raisin Company (Fowler, CA)
21. Poindexter Nut Company (Selma, CA)
22. Prima Noce Packing (Linden, CA)
23. Sacramento Packing, Inc. (Yuba City, CA)
24. Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers, Inc. (Yuba City, CA)
25. San Joaquin Figs, Inc. (Fresno, CA)
26. Shoei Foods USA, Inc. (Olivehurst, CA)
27. Stapleton-Spence Packing (Gridley, CA)
28. Sunsweet Growers Inc. (Yuba City, CA)
29. T.M. Duche Nut Company, Inc. (Orland, CA)
30. Wilbur Packing Company, Inc. (Live Oak, CA)
31. Valley Fig Growers (Fresno, CA)
Dated: December 11, 2014.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade
Administration, (202) 482-5131, etca@trade.gov.
[FR Doc. 2014-29473 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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