Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2012 for Watch Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands, 13533 [2012-5588]
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Form Number: TBD.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
92,000 (80,000 initial response + 12,000
reinterview).
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 15,334.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: There is
no cost to the respondent other than his
or her time.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 141
and 193.
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Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
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whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
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Comments submitted in response to
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included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: March 2, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for
Calendar Year 2012 for Watch
Producers Located in the United States
Virgin Islands
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Office of
Insular Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This action allocates calendar
year 2012 duty exemptions for watch
assembly producers (‘‘program
producers’’) located in the United States
Virgin Islands (‘‘USVI’’) pursuant to
Public Law 97–446, as amended by
Public Law 103–465, Public Law 106–36
and Public Law 108–429 (‘‘the Act’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement
Office; phone number: (202) 482–3530;
fax number: (202) 501–7952; and email
address: Supriya.Kumar@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (‘‘the
Departments’’) share responsibility for
the allocation of duty exemptions
among program producers in the United
States insular possessions and the
Northern Mariana Islands.
In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of
the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the
total quantity of duty-free insular
watches and watch movements for
calendar year 2012 is 1,866,000 units for
the USVI. This amount was established
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in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement
and Jewelry Program for the U.S. Insular
Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17,
2000). There are currently no program
producers in Guam, American Samoa or
the Northern Mariana Islands.
The criteria for the calculation of the
calendar year 2012 duty-exemption
allocations among program producers
within a particular territory are set forth
in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15
CFR 303.14). The Departments have
verified and, where appropriate,
adjusted the data submitted in
application form ITA–334P by USVI
program producers and have inspected
these producers’ operations in
accordance with Section 303.5 of the
regulations (15 CFR 303.5).
In calendar year 2011, USVI program
producers shipped 53,744 watches and
watch movements into the customs
territory of the United States under the
Act. The dollar amount of corporate
income taxes paid by USVI program
producers during calendar year 2011,
and the creditable wages and benefits
paid by these producers during calendar
year 2011 to residents of the territory
was a combined total of $1,036,055.
The calendar year 2012 USVI annual
duty exemption allocations, based on
the data verified by the Departments, are
as follows:
Program producer
Belair Quartz, Inc. .................
Annual
allocation
500,000
SUMMARY:
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The balance of the units allocated to
the USVI is available for new entrants
into the program or existing program
producers who request a supplement to
their allocation.
Dated: February 27, 2012.
Judith Wey Rudman,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
Dated: February 29, 2012.
Nikolao Pula,
Director of Office of Insular Affairs,
Department of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2012 for Watch
Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2012 duty exemptions for
watch assembly producers (``program producers'') located in the United
States Virgin Islands (``USVI'') pursuant to Public Law 97-446, as
amended by Public Law 103-465, Public Law 106-36 and Public Law 108-429
(``the Act'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement
Office; phone number: (202) 482-3530; fax number: (202) 501-7952; and
email address: Supriya.Kumar@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (``the Departments'') share responsibility for
the allocation of duty exemptions among program producers in the United
States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands.
In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR
303.3(a)), the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch
movements for calendar year 2012 is 1,866,000 units for the USVI. This
amount was established in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry
Program for the U.S. Insular Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17,
2000). There are currently no program producers in Guam, American Samoa
or the Northern Mariana Islands.
The criteria for the calculation of the calendar year 2012 duty-
exemption allocations among program producers within a particular
territory are set forth in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR
303.14). The Departments have verified and, where appropriate, adjusted
the data submitted in application form ITA-334P by USVI program
producers and have inspected these producers' operations in accordance
with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.5).
In calendar year 2011, USVI program producers shipped 53,744
watches and watch movements into the customs territory of the United
States under the Act. The dollar amount of corporate income taxes paid
by USVI program producers during calendar year 2011, and the creditable
wages and benefits paid by these producers during calendar year 2011 to
residents of the territory was a combined total of $1,036,055.
The calendar year 2012 USVI annual duty exemption allocations,
based on the data verified by the Departments, are as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Annual
Program producer allocation
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Belair Quartz, Inc...................................... 500,000
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The balance of the units allocated to the USVI is available for new
entrants into the program or existing program producers who request a
supplement to their allocation.
Dated: February 27, 2012.
Judith Wey Rudman,
Acting Director, Office of Policy, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
Dated: February 29, 2012.
Nikolao Pula,
Director of Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior.
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