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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Quarterly Survey
of Financial Services Transactions
Between U.S. Financial Services
Providers and Foreign Persons
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before July 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230, or via the
Internet at jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information or copies of the survey and
instructions to Christopher Emond,
Chief, Special Surveys Branch, Balance
of Payments Division, (BE–50), Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230;
phone: (202) 606–9826; fax: (202) 606–
5318; or via the Internet at
christopher.emond@bea.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Form BE–185, Quarterly Survey of
Financial Services Transactions
between U.S. Financial Services
Providers and Foreign Persons, obtains
quarterly data from U.S. financial
services providers whose sales of
covered financial services to foreign
persons exceeded $20 million for the
previous fiscal year or are expected to
exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year, or whose purchases of
covered financial services from foreign
persons exceeded $15 million for the
previous fiscal year or are expected to
exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year. The data collected are cutoff sample data. In addition, estimates
are developed based upon previously
reported or estimated data for nonrespondents, including those U.S.
financial services companies that fall
below the reporting threshold for the
quarterly survey but reported on a
previous benchmark survey.
The data are needed to monitor U.S.
international trade in financial services,
analyze its impact on the U.S. and
foreign economies, compile and
improve the U.S. economic accounts,
support U.S. commercial policy on trade
in financial services, conduct trade
promotion, and improve the ability of
U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate
market opportunities.
Responses will be due within 45 days
after the close of each calendar quarter,
except for the respondents’ final quarter
of their fiscal year, when reports are due
within 90 days after the close of the
quarter. The data from the survey are
primarily intended as general purpose
statistics. They are needed to answer
any number of research and policy
questions related to cross-border trade
in financial services.
The form is unchanged from the
previous version. No changes in the data
collected or in exemption levels are
proposed.
II. Method of Collection
The surveys are sent to the
respondents by U.S. mail; the surveys
are also available from the Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) Web site.
Respondents return the surveys one of
four ways: U.S. mail, electronically
using BEA’s electronic collection system
(eFile), fax, or email.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0608–0065.
Form Number: BE–185.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
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Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations and non-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
675 per quarter; 2,700 annually.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours per mandatory response and 1
hour per other responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 22,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108, as
amended and by Section 5408 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988.
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 will
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.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Quarterly
Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial
Services Providers and Foreign Persons
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and/or continuing
information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, or via the Internet
at jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information or copies of the survey and instructions to Christopher
Emond, Chief, Special Surveys Branch, Balance of Payments Division,
(BE-50), Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202) 606-9826; fax: (202) 606-5318; or
via the Internet at christopher.emond@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Form BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions
between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons, obtains
quarterly data from U.S. financial services providers whose sales of
covered financial services to foreign persons exceeded $20 million for
the previous fiscal year or are expected to exceed that amount during
the current fiscal year, or whose purchases of covered financial
services from foreign persons exceeded $15 million for the previous
fiscal year or are expected to exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year. The data collected are cut-off sample data. In addition,
estimates are developed based upon previously reported or estimated
data for non-respondents, including those U.S. financial services
companies that fall below the reporting threshold for the quarterly
survey but reported on a previous benchmark survey.
The data are needed to monitor U.S. international trade in
financial services, analyze its impact on the U.S. and foreign
economies, compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, support U.S.
commercial policy on trade in financial services, conduct trade
promotion, and improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify and
evaluate market opportunities.
Responses will be due within 45 days after the close of each
calendar quarter, except for the respondents' final quarter of their
fiscal year, when reports are due within 90 days after the close of the
quarter. The data from the survey are primarily intended as general
purpose statistics. They are needed to answer any number of research
and policy questions related to cross-border trade in financial
services.
The form is unchanged from the previous version. No changes in the
data collected or in exemption levels are proposed.
II. Method of Collection
The surveys are sent to the respondents by U.S. mail; the surveys
are also available from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Web site.
Respondents return the surveys one of four ways: U.S. mail,
electronically using BEA's electronic collection system (eFile), fax,
or email.
III. Data
OMB Number: 0608-0065.
Form Number: BE-185.
Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations and
non-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 675 per quarter; 2,700 annually.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours per mandatory response and 1
hour per other responses.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 22,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: The International Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended and by Section 5408 of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988.
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 will 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.
Dated: May 2, 2012.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-10982 Filed 5-7-12; 8:45 am]
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