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fabrics listed are commercially
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers,
which are also entitled to duty-free
treatment despite not being produced in
Colombia or the United States.
The list of commercially unavailable
fabrics, yarns, and fibers may be
changed pursuant to the commercial
availability provision in Chapter 3,
Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5–7 of the
Agreement. Under this provision,
interested entities from Colombia or the
United States have the right to request
that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber be
added to, or removed from, the list of
commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns,
and fibers in Annex 3–B of the
Agreement.
Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of
the Agreement requires that the
President ‘‘promptly’’ publish
procedures for parties to exercise the
right to make these requests. Section
203(o)(4) of the Act authorizes the
President to establish procedures to
modify the list of fabrics, yarns, or fibers
not available in commercial quantities
in a timely manner in either the United
States or Colombia as set out in Annex
3–B of the Agreement. The President
delegated the responsibility for
publishing the procedures and
administering commercial availability
requests to the Committee for the
Implementation of Textile Agreements
(‘‘CITA’’), which issues procedures and
acts on requests through the U.S.
Department of Commerce, Office of
Textiles and Apparel (‘‘OTEXA’’) (See
Proclamation No. 8818, 77 FR 29519,
May 18, 2012).
The intent of the Commercial
Availability Procedures is to foster the
use of U.S. and regional products by
implementing procedures that allow
products to be placed on or removed
from a product list, on a timely basis,
and in a manner that is consistent with
normal business practice. The
procedures are intended to facilitate the
transmission of requests; allow the
market to indicate the availability of the
supply of products that are the subject
of requests; make available promptly, to
interested entities and the public,
information regarding the requests for
products and offers received for those
products; ensure wide participation by
interested entities and parties; allow for
careful review and consideration of
information provided to substantiate
requests and responses; and provide
timely public dissemination of
information used by CITA in making
commercial availability determinations.
CITA must collect certain information
about fabric, yarn, or fiber technical
specifications and the production
capabilities of Colombian and U.S.
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textile producers to determine whether
certain fabrics, yarns, or fibers are
available in commercial quantities in a
timely manner in the United States or
Colombia, subject to Section 203(o) of
the Act.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Frequency: Varies.
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
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).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Advance Monthly Retail Trade
Survey (MARTS).
OMB Control Number: 0607–0104.
Form Number(s): SM–4412A, SM–
4412AE, SM–4412AS, and SM–7212A.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 4,900.
Average Hours per Response: 5
minutes.
Burden Hours: 4,900.
Needs and Uses: The Advance
Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS)
is administered monthly to a sample of
employer firms (i.e., businesses with
paid employees) with establishments
located in the United States and
classified in retail trade and/or food
services sectors as defined by the North
American Industry Classification
System (NAICS). MARTS began in 1953
as a monthly survey for activity taking
place during the previous month.
MARTS was developed in response to
requests by government, business, and
other users to provide an early
indication of current retail trade activity
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in the United States. Retail sales are one
of the primary measures of consumer
demand for both durable and nondurable goods. MARTS also provides an
estimate of monthly sales at food service
establishments and drinking places.
The results from MARTS provide the
earliest possible look at consumer
spending. Without MARTS, the Census
Bureau’s earliest measure of retail sales
is the ‘‘preliminary’’ estimate from the
full monthly sample, Month Retail
Trade Survey (MRTS), released
approximately 6 weeks after the end of
the reference month. Advance estimates
are released approximately 9 working
days after the reference month.
This survey uses a multi-mode data
collection process that includes Internet
reporting (Centurion), fax, telephone,
and mail. The survey requests sales and
e-commerce sales for the month just
ending. If reporting data for a period
other than the calendar month, the
survey asks for the period’s length (4 or
5 weeks) and the date on which the
period ended. The survey also asks for
the number of establishments covered
by the data provided and whether or not
the sales data provided are estimates or
more accurate ‘‘book’’ figures.
The survey results are published on
the Census Bureau’s Web site, https://
www.census.gov/retail.
The U.S. Census Bureau tabulates the
collected data to provide, with
measured reliability, statistics on United
States retail sales. These estimates are
especially valued by data users because
of their timeliness. There would be
approximately a 6 week delay in the
availability of these statistics if this
survey were not conducted.
The sales estimates are used by the
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA),
Council of Economic Advisers (CEA),
Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS), and other
government agencies, as well as
business users in formulating economic
decisions.
BEA uses the survey results as critical
inputs to the calculation of the personal
consumption expenditures component
(PCE) of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Specifically, BEA Chief Statistician
states ‘‘this important survey is our
main data source for key components of
BEA’s economic statistics. Data on retail
sales are used to prepare monthly
estimates of personal consumption
expenditures component of gross
domestic product for all PCE goods
categories, except tobacco, prescription
drugs, motor vehicles, and gasoline end
oil. These estimates are also published
each month in the Personal Income and
Outlays press release’’. In first quarter
2015, PCE comprised 68 percent of total
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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.
[FR Doc. 2015–19911 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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.
[FR Doc. 2015–19899 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am]
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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
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).
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau.
Title: Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS).
OMB Control Number: 0607-0104.
Form Number(s): SM-4412A, SM-4412AE, SM-4412AS, and SM-7212A.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 4,900.
Average Hours per Response: 5 minutes.
Burden Hours: 4,900.
Needs and Uses: The Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS) is
administered monthly to a sample of employer firms (i.e., businesses
with paid employees) with establishments located in the United States
and classified in retail trade and/or food services sectors as defined
by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). MARTS
began in 1953 as a monthly survey for activity taking place during the
previous month. MARTS was developed in response to requests by
government, business, and other users to provide an early indication of
current retail trade activity in the United States. Retail sales are
one of the primary measures of consumer demand for both durable and
non-durable goods. MARTS also provides an estimate of monthly sales at
food service establishments and drinking places.
The results from MARTS provide the earliest possible look at
consumer spending. Without MARTS, the Census Bureau's earliest measure
of retail sales is the ``preliminary'' estimate from the full monthly
sample, Month Retail Trade Survey (MRTS), released approximately 6
weeks after the end of the reference month. Advance estimates are
released approximately 9 working days after the reference month.
This survey uses a multi-mode data collection process that includes
Internet reporting (Centurion), fax, telephone, and mail. The survey
requests sales and e-commerce sales for the month just ending. If
reporting data for a period other than the calendar month, the survey
asks for the period's length (4 or 5 weeks) and the date on which the
period ended. The survey also asks for the number of establishments
covered by the data provided and whether or not the sales data provided
are estimates or more accurate ``book'' figures.
The survey results are published on the Census Bureau's Web site,
https://www.census.gov/retail.
The U.S. Census Bureau tabulates the collected data to provide,
with measured reliability, statistics on United States retail sales.
These estimates are especially valued by data users because of their
timeliness. There would be approximately a 6 week delay in the
availability of these statistics if this survey were not conducted.
The sales estimates are used by the Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA), Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), Federal Reserve Board (FRB),
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and other government agencies, as
well as business users in formulating economic decisions.
BEA uses the survey results as critical inputs to the calculation
of the personal consumption expenditures component (PCE) of Gross
Domestic Product (GDP). Specifically, BEA Chief Statistician states
``this important survey is our main data source for key components of
BEA's economic statistics. Data on retail sales are used to prepare
monthly estimates of personal consumption expenditures component of
gross domestic product for all PCE goods categories, except tobacco,
prescription drugs, motor vehicles, and gasoline end oil. These
estimates are also published each month in the Personal Income and
Outlays press release''. In first quarter 2015, PCE comprised 68
percent of total
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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 for-profit.
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.
[FR Doc. 2015-19911 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am]
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