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GDP. PCE Goods (retail) was 32 percent
of the PCE estimate.
CEA and other government agencies
and businesses use the survey results to
formulate and make decisions. CEA
reports the retail data, one of the
principal federal economic indicators,
to the President each month for
awareness on the current picture on the
‘‘state of the economy’’ and presents the
data in one of the tables in Economic
Indicators, a monthly publication
prepared for Congress and the public. In
addition, CEA’s Macroeconomic
Forecaster uses the retail sales data, one
of the key monthly data releases each
month, to keep track of real economic
growth in the current quarter. According
to CEA, spending components in the
retail sales report constitute about 25
percent of the GDP, well in excess of
any other indicator.
Policymakers such as the FRB need to
have the timeliest estimates in order to
anticipate economic trends and act
accordingly. BLS uses the estimates to
develop consumer price indexes used in
inflation and cost of living calculations.
In addition, businesses use the estimates
to measure how they are performing and
predict future demand for their
products.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, United
States Code, sections 131 and 182.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: August 10, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
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Agency: International Trade
Administration.
Title: Procedures for Considering
Requests and Comments from the Public
for Textile and Apparel Safeguard
Actions on Imports from Colombia.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: 0625–0271.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 24.
Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for
Request; 5 for Comments).
Average Hours per Response: 4 hours
for a Request; and 4 hours for each
Comment.
Average Annual Cost to Public: $960.
Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B,
Section 321 through Section 328 of the
United States-Colombia Trade
Promotion Agreement Implementation
Act (the ‘‘Act’’) [Pub. L. 112–42]
implements the textile and apparel
safeguard provisions, provided for in
Article 3.1 of the United StatesColombia Trade Promotion Agreement
(the ‘‘Agreement’’). This safeguard
mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under
the Agreement, a Colombian textile or
apparel article is being imported into
the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof
to a U.S. industry producing a like or
directly competitive article. In these
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the
United States to increase duties on the
imported article from Colombia to a
level that does not exceed the lesser of
the prevailing U.S. normal trade
relations (NTR)/most-favored-nation
(MFN) duty rate for the article or the
U.S. NTR/MFN duty rate in effect on the
day before the Agreement entered into
force.
The Statement of Administrative
Action accompanying the Act provides
that the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(CITA) will issue procedures for
requesting such safeguard measures, for
making its determinations under section
322(a) of the Act, and for providing
relief under section 322(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8818 (77 FR
29519, May 18, 2012), the President
delegated to CITA his authority under
Subtitle B of Title III of the Act with
respect to textile and apparel safeguard
measures.
CITA must collect information in
order to determine whether a domestic
textile or apparel industry is being
adversely impacted by imports of these
products from Colombia, thereby
allowing CITA to take corrective action
to protect the viability of the domestic
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textile or apparel industry, subject to
section 322(b) of the Act.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; business or other for-profit
organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
This information collection request
may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
Follow the instructions to view the
Department of Commerce collections
currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to OIRA Submission@
omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
Dated: August 10, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Services Surveys:
BE–185, Quarterly Survey of Financial
Services Transactions Between U.S.
Financial Services Providers and
Foreign Persons
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Department of 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, Public Law 104–13 (44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before October 13,
2015.
SUMMARY:
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 email at
jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Christopher Stein, Chief,
Services Surveys Branch (SSB) BE–50,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.
ADDRESSES:
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Department of Commerce, Washington,
DC 20230; phone: (202) 606–9850; fax:
(202) 606–5318; email:
christopher.stein@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Quarterly Survey of Financial
Services Transactions between U.S.
Financial Services Providers and
Foreign Persons (BE–185) is a survey
that collects data from U.S. financial
services providers that engage in
covered transactions with foreign
persons in financial services. A U.S.
person must report if it had sales of
covered services to foreign persons that
exceeded $20 million for the previous
fiscal year, or that are expected to
exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year, or if it had purchases of
covered services from foreign persons
that exceeded $15 million for the
previous fiscal year, or that are expected
to exceed that amount during the
current fiscal year.
The data collected on the survey are
needed to monitor U.S. trade in
services, to analyze the impact of U.S.
trade on the U.S. and foreign economies,
to compile and improve the U.S.
economic accounts, to support U.S.
commercial policy on trade in services,
to conduct trade promotion, and to
improve the ability of U.S. businesses to
identify and evaluate market
opportunities. The data are used in
estimating the financial services
component of the U.S. international
transactions accounts and national
income and product accounts.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) is proposing minor additions and
modifications to the current BE–185
survey. The effort to keep current
reporting requirements generally
unchanged is intended to minimize
respondent burden while considering
the needs of data users. Existing
language in the instructions and
definitions will be reviewed and
adjusted as necessary to clarify survey
requirements.
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II. Method of Collection
Form BE–185 is a quarterly report that
must be filed within 45 days after the
end of each fiscal quarter, or within 90
days after the close of the fiscal year.
BEA offers its electronic filing option,
the eFile system, for reporting on Form
BE–185. For more information about
eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Responses:
2,700 annually (675 filed each quarter:
550 reporting mandatory data, and 125
that would file other responses).
Estimated Time per Response: 10
hours is the average for those reporting
data, and 1 hour is the average for other
responses, but hours may vary
considerably among respondents
because of differences in company size
and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 22,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Public Law 94–472, 22
U.S.C. 3101–3108, as amended) and
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: August 7, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief
Information Officer.
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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608–0065.
Form Number: BE–185.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–601]
Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts
Thereof, Finished and Unfinished,
From the People’s Republic of China:
Initiation of Antidumping Duty
Changed Circumstances Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Timken Company (the
petitioner) has filed a request for the
Department of Commerce (the
Department) to initiate a changed
circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on tapered
roller bearings (TRBs) and parts thereof
from the People’s Republic of China
(PRC). The petitioner alleges that
Shanghai General Bearing Co., Ltd.
(SGBC/SKF), a PRC TRBs producer
previously revoked from the
antidumping duty order, has resumed
sales at prices below normal value (NV).
Therefore, the petitioner requests that
the Department conduct a review to
determine whether to reinstate the
antidumping duty order with respect to
SGBC/SKF.
In accordance with section 751(b) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(b), the
Department finds the information
submitted by the petitioner sufficient to
warrant initiation of a changed
circumstances review of the
antidumping duty order on TRBs from
the PRC with respect to SGBC/SKF. The
period of review (POR) is June 1, 2014,
through May 31, 2015.
In this changed circumstances review,
we will determine whether SGBC/SKF
sold TRBs at less than NV subsequent to
its revocation from the order. If we
determine in this changed
circumstances review that SGBC/SKF
sold TRBs at less than NV and resumed
dumping, effective on the date of
publication of our final results, we will
direct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation
of all entries of TRBs manufactured and
exported by SGBC/SKF.
DATES: Effective date: August 13, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alice Maldonado, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–4682.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
15, 1987, the Department published the
antidumping duty order on TRBs from
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Services
Surveys: BE-185, Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions
Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of 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, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 13,
2015.
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 email at
jjessup@doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch (SSB)
BE-50, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.
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Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202) 606-9850;
fax: (202) 606-5318; email: christopher.stein@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Quarterly Survey of Financial Services Transactions between
U.S. Financial Services Providers and Foreign Persons (BE-185) is a
survey that collects data from U.S. financial services providers that
engage in covered transactions with foreign persons in financial
services. A U.S. person must report if it had sales of covered services
to foreign persons that exceeded $20 million for the previous fiscal
year, or that are expected to exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year, or if it had purchases of covered services from foreign
persons that exceeded $15 million for the previous fiscal year, or that
are expected to exceed that amount during the current fiscal year.
The data collected on the survey are needed to monitor U.S. trade
in services, to analyze the impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and
foreign economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts,
to support U.S. commercial policy on trade in services, to conduct
trade promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to
identify and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in
estimating the financial services component of the U.S. international
transactions accounts and national income and product accounts.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is proposing minor additions
and modifications to the current BE-185 survey. The effort to keep
current reporting requirements generally unchanged is intended to
minimize respondent burden while considering the needs of data users.
Existing language in the instructions and definitions will be reviewed
and adjusted as necessary to clarify survey requirements.
II. Method of Collection
Form BE-185 is a quarterly report that must be filed within 45 days
after the end of each fiscal quarter, or within 90 days after the close
of the fiscal year. BEA offers its electronic filing option, the eFile
system, for reporting on Form BE-185. For more information about eFile,
go to www.bea.gov/efile.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608-0065.
Form Number: BE-185.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Responses: 2,700 annually (675 filed each
quarter: 550 reporting mandatory data, and 125 that would file other
responses).
Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours is the average for those
reporting data, and 1 hour is the average for other responses, but
hours may vary considerably among respondents because of differences in
company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 22,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Public Law 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended) and
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: August 7, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19880 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am]
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