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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 0811171463–81465–01]
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Annual Retail Trade Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census
(Census Bureau) is conducting the
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS).
The Census Bureau has determined to
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collect data covering annual sales,
e-commerce sales, percent of ecommerce sales to customers located
outside the United States, year-end
inventories, total operating expenses,
purchases, accounts receivables, and for
select industries, merchandise line sales
and percent of sales by class of
customer. The ARTS was not conducted
in 2007 because these data were
collected by the 2007 Economic
Census—a detailed portrait of the
Nation’s economy conducted once every
five years, from the national to the local
level.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will
furnish report forms to organizations
included in the survey. Additional
copies are available upon written
request to the Director, U.S. Census
Bureau, Washington, DC 20233–0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Wellwood, Service Sector
Statistics Division, at (301) 763–6816, or
by e-mail at
daniel.wellwood@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARTS
is a continuation of similar retail trade
surveys conducted each year since 1951
(except 1954). It provides, on a
comparable classification basis, annual
sales, e-commerce sales, purchases, and
year-end inventories for 2008. These
data are not available publicly on a
timely basis from nongovernmental or
other governmental sources.
The Census Bureau will require a
selected sample of firms operating retail
establishments in the United States
(with sales size determining the
probability of selection) to report in the
2008 ARTS. We will furnish report
forms to the firms covered by this
survey and will require their
submissions within 30 days after
receipt. The sample will provide, with
measurable reliability, statistics on the
subjects specified above.
The Census Bureau is authorized to
take surveys that are necessary to
furnish current data on the subjects
covered by the major censuses
authorized by Title 13, United States
Code (U.S.C.), Sections 182, 224, and
225. This survey will provide
continuing and timely national
statistical data on retail trade for the
period between economic censuses. For
2008, the survey will, as it has in the
past, operate as a separate sample of
retail companies. The data collected in
this survey will be similar to that
collected in the past and within the
general scope and nature of those
inquiries covered in the economic
census. These data will provide a sound
statistical basis for the formation of
policy by various government agencies.
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These data also apply to a variety of
public and business needs.
Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, no person is required to respond
to, nor shall a person be subject to a
penalty for failure to comply with, a
collection of information subject to the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) unless that
collection of information displays a
current valid Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) control number. In
accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C.,
Chapter 35, the OMB approved the
Annual Retail Trade Survey under OMB
Control Number 0607–0013.
Based upon the foregoing, I have
directed that an annual survey be
conducted for the purpose of collecting
these data.
Dated: December 5, 2008.
Steve H. Murdock,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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Foreign-Trade Zone 267—Fargo, ND,
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(Construction Equipment); Notice of
Approval
On September 30, 2008, the Executive
Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ) Board filed an application
submitted by the Fargo Municipal
Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 267,
requesting temporary/interim
manufacturing (T/IM) authority, on
behalf of CNH America, LLC, to
manufacture wheel loaders under FTZ
procedures within FTZ 267—Site 2, in
Fargo, North Dakota.
The application was processed in
accordance with T/IM procedures, as
authorized by FTZ Board Orders 1347
(69 FR 52857, 8/30/04) and 1480 (71 FR
55422, 9/22/06), including notice in the
Federal Register inviting public
comment (73 FR 60237, 10/10/08). The
FTZ staff examiner reviewed the
application and determined that it
meets the criteria for approval under T/
IM procedures. Pursuant to the
authority delegated to the FTZ Board
Executive Secretary in the abovereferenced Board Orders, the
application is approved, effective this
date, until December 4, 2010, subject to
the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.28.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
[Docket Number 0811171463-81465-01]
Annual Retail Trade Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of determination.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is conducting the
Annual Retail Trade Survey (ARTS). The Census Bureau has determined to
collect data covering annual sales, e-commerce sales, percent of e-
commerce sales to customers located outside the United States, year-end
inventories, total operating expenses, purchases, accounts receivables,
and for select industries, merchandise line sales and percent of sales
by class of customer. The ARTS was not conducted in 2007 because these
data were collected by the 2007 Economic Census--a detailed portrait of
the Nation's economy conducted once every five years, from the national
to the local level.
ADDRESSES: The Census Bureau will furnish report forms to organizations
included in the survey. Additional copies are available upon written
request to the Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233-0101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Wellwood, Service Sector
Statistics Division, at (301) 763-6816, or by e-mail at
daniel.wellwood@census.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ARTS is a continuation of similar retail
trade surveys conducted each year since 1951 (except 1954). It
provides, on a comparable classification basis, annual sales, e-
commerce sales, purchases, and year-end inventories for 2008. These
data are not available publicly on a timely basis from nongovernmental
or other governmental sources.
The Census Bureau will require a selected sample of firms operating
retail establishments in the United States (with sales size determining
the probability of selection) to report in the 2008 ARTS. We will
furnish report forms to the firms covered by this survey and will
require their submissions within 30 days after receipt. The sample will
provide, with measurable reliability, statistics on the subjects
specified above.
The Census Bureau is authorized to take surveys that are necessary
to furnish current data on the subjects covered by the major censuses
authorized by Title 13, United States Code (U.S.C.), Sections 182, 224,
and 225. This survey will provide continuing and timely national
statistical data on retail trade for the period between economic
censuses. For 2008, the survey will, as it has in the past, operate as
a separate sample of retail companies. The data collected in this
survey will be similar to that collected in the past and within the
general scope and nature of those inquiries covered in the economic
census. These data will provide a sound statistical basis for the
formation of policy by various government agencies. These data also
apply to a variety of public and business needs.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) unless that collection of
information displays a current valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. In accordance with the PRA, 44 U.S.C., Chapter
35, the OMB approved the Annual Retail Trade Survey under OMB Control
Number 0607-0013.
Based upon the foregoing, I have directed that an annual survey be
conducted for the purpose of collecting these data.
Dated: December 5, 2008.
Steve H. Murdock,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. E8-29281 Filed 12-10-08; 8:45 am]
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