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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: Automated Export System.
OMB Control Number: 0607–0152.
Form Number(s): AES.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 304,223
shippers and freight forwarders filing
15,218,820 AES transactions annually.
Average Hours per Response: 3
minutes per AES transaction.
Burden Hours: 760,941.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau
is requesting continued clearance with
revisions for the Automated Export
System (AES) program.
The Census Bureau requires
mandatory filing of all export
information via the AES. This
requirement is mandated through Public
Law 107–228 of the Foreign Trade
Relations Act of 2003. This law
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce
with the concurrences of the Secretary
of State and the Secretary of Homeland
Security to require all persons who file
export information according to title 13,
United States Code (U.S.C.), chapter 9,
to file such information through the
AES.
The AES is the primary instrument
used for collecting export trade data,
which are used by the Census Bureau
for statistical purposes. The AES record
provides the means for collecting data
on U.S. exports. Title 13, U.S.C., chapter
9, sections 301–307, mandates the
collection of these data. The regulatory
provisions for the collection of these
data are contained in the Foreign Trade
Regulations (FTR), title 15, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), part 30. The
official export statistics collected from
these tools provide the basic component
for the compilation of the U.S. position
on merchandise trade. These data are an
essential component of the monthly
totals provided in the U.S. International
Trade in Goods and Services Press
Release, a principal economic indicator
and a primary component of the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP). Traditionally,
other federal agencies have used the
Electronic Export Information (EEI) for
export control purposes to detect and
prevent the export of certain items by
unauthorized parties or to unauthorized
destinations or end users.
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Since 2013, the Census Bureau and
the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) have implemented the following
enhancements to the AES: (1) Added
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Export Control Classification Numbers
(ECCNs) and increased edits and
validations between License Codes and
ECCNs; (2) developed six new license
codes, three of which allow corrections
to licensed shipments identified in
voluntary self-disclosures and the
remaining three are used to identify
shipments involving .y 600 Series ECCN
items, support for the Cuban people,
and Australia International Traffic in
Arms Regulations (ITAR) Exemptions;
(3) developed a new filing option
indicator for the Advanced Export
Information pilot program to indicate a
partial or complete commodity
shipment filing; (4) adjusted the Foreign
Trade Zone Indicator to accept seven
characters instead of five; and (5)
migrated the AES to the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE)
platform to modernize the technology
and adhere to the requirements of
developing a single window in
accordance with Executive Order 13659,
Streamlining the Export/Import Process
for America’s Businesses, through the
International Trade Data System. The
AES will be accessed via a portal in
ACE. Once the Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking titled Foreign Trade
Regulations (FTR): Clarification on
Filing Requirements, is published, the
following enhancements may be
implemented in the AES: (1) Develop an
original Internal Transaction Number
(ITN) field; and (2) develop a used
electronics indicator.
The changes identified in this Final
Rule will require the addition of two
data elements in the AES. The added
data elements include the original ITN
and the used electronics indicator. The
original ITN field is an optional data
element and is utilized if the filer
creates an additional AES record for a
shipment that was previously filed. The
next data element added is the used
electronics indicator, which is a
conditional data element. The indicator
will be used to improve information on
the quantity and destination of used
electronics. These revisions should not
affect the average three-minute response
time for the completion of the AES
record. Constant advances in technology
and heightened knowledge of filers
offset the time required to complete the
new fields in the AES record. In
addition, repetitious information can be
entered automatically via templates and
profiles, and the number of data entry
sections has been reduced to improve
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the functionality of the AES.
Completing these fields will not
significantly affect respondent burden
since the original ITN field is an
optional data element and not required
for all submissions. The used
electronics indicator is a conditional
field, which will only be required for 75
out of the approximately 9,000 Schedule
B numbers and will affect less than one
percent of commodities exported. See
Attachment G for a list of the Schedule
B numbers affected.
In addition to the two new proposed
data elements that will be added to the
AES, the Census Bureau added language
to include the new timeframes for split
shipments addressed in FTR Letter #6,
Notice of Regulatory Change for Split
Shipments. In practice, the export trade
community currently adheres to the
split shipment filing timeframes. The
Census Bureau also revised language to
reflect the two options for filing EEI.
The two options are filing via AESDirect
or filing to the AES mainframe. Finally,
the Census Bureau added language to
the FTR to ensure consistency with the
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Export Administration Regulations
(EAR) based on the Export Control
Reform. These clarifications do not
impose new reporting requirements.
The information collected via the
Automated Export System (AES)
conveys what is being exported
(description and commodity
classification number), how much is
exported (quantity, shipping weight,
and value), how it is exported (mode of
transport, exporting carrier, and
whether containerized), from where
(state of origin and port of export), to
where (port of unloading and country of
ultimate destination), and when a
commodity is exported (date of
exportation). The identification of the
U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI)
shows who is exporting goods. The
USPPI and/or the forwarding or other
agent information provides a contact for
verification of the information.
The information is used by the U.S.
Federal Government and the private
sector. The Federal Government uses
every data element on the AES record.
The Census Bureau published the
Interim Final Rule ‘‘Foreign Trade
Regulations (FTR): Clarification on Uses
of Electronic Export Information’’ to
describe how EEI will be accessed and
utilized under the International Trade
Data System (ITDS). The ITDS was
established to eliminate the redundant
information collection requirements,
efficiently regulate the flow of
commerce and to effectively enforce
laws and regulations relating to
international trade. It establishes a
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single portal system for the collection
and distribution of standard electronic
import and export data required by all
participating federal agencies. In
addition, the rule allows federal
agencies with appropriate authority to
access export data in the AES and
ensure consistency with the Executive
Order 13659, Streamlining the Export/
Import Process for America’s Businesses
issued on February 19, 2014.
The data collected from the AES
serves as the official record of export
transactions. The mandatory use of the
AES enables the Federal Government to
produce more accurate export statistics.
The Census Bureau delegated the
authority to enforce the FTR to the BIS’s
Office of Export Enforcement along with
the Department of Homeland Security’s
CBP and Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement (ICE). The mandatory use
of the AES also facilitates the
enforcement of the Export
Administration Regulations for the
detection and prevention of exports of
high technology commodities to
unauthorized destinations by the BIS
and the CBP; the International Traffic in
Arms Regulations (ITAR) by the U.S.
Department of State (State Department)
for the exports of munitions; and the
validation of the Kimberly Process
Certificate for the exports of rough
diamonds.
Other Federal agencies use this data
to develop the components of the
merchandise trade figures that are used
in the calculations for the balance of
payments and GDP accounts to evaluate
the effects of the value of U.S. exports.
The data is also used to enforce U.S.
export laws and regulations, to plan and
examine export promotion programs
and agricultural development and
assistance programs, and to prepare for
and assist in trade negotiations under
the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade. Collection of these data also
eliminates the need for conducting
additional surveys for the collection of
information as the AES shows the
relationship of the parties to the export
transaction (as required by the Bureau of
Economic Analysis). These AES data are
also used by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics as a source for developing the
export price index and by the U.S.
Department of Transportation for
administering the negotiation of
reciprocal arrangements for
transportation facilities between the
United States and other countries.
Additionally, a collaborative effort
amongst the Census Bureau, the
National Governors’ Association and
other data users resulted in the
development of export statistics
requiring the state of origin to be
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reported on the AES. This information
enables state governments to focus
activities and resources on fostering the
exports of goods that originate in their
states.
Export statistics collected from the
AES aid private sector companies,
financial institutions, and transportation
entities in conducting market analysis
and market penetration studies for the
development of new markets and
market-share strategies. Port authorities,
steamship lines, airlines, aircraft
manufacturers, and air transport
associations use these data for
measuring the volume and effect of air
or vessel shipments and the need for
additional or new types of facilities.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households, Business or other for-profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
chapter 9, sections 301–307.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–64–2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230—
Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina
Authorization of Production Activity,
Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery
Corporation (Hydraulic Excavators),
Kernersville, North Carolina
On September 8, 2015, the Piedmont
Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230,
submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board on
behalf of Deere-Hitachi Construction
Machinery Corporation, within FTZ
230—Site 30, in Kernersville, North
Carolina.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (80 FR 57785,
September 25, 2015). The FTZ Board
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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: Automated Export System.
OMB Control Number: 0607-0152.
Form Number(s): AES.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents: 304,223 shippers and freight forwarders
filing 15,218,820 AES transactions annually.
Average Hours per Response: 3 minutes per AES transaction.
Burden Hours: 760,941.
Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau is requesting continued clearance
with revisions for the Automated Export System (AES) program.
The Census Bureau requires mandatory filing of all export
information via the AES. This requirement is mandated through Public
Law 107-228 of the Foreign Trade Relations Act of 2003. This law
authorizes the Secretary of Commerce with the concurrences of the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security to require
all persons who file export information according to title 13, United
States Code (U.S.C.), chapter 9, to file such information through the
AES.
The AES is the primary instrument used for collecting export trade
data, which are used by the Census Bureau for statistical purposes. The
AES record provides the means for collecting data on U.S. exports.
Title 13, U.S.C., chapter 9, sections 301-307, mandates the collection
of these data. The regulatory provisions for the collection of these
data are contained in the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR), title 15,
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 30. The official export
statistics collected from these tools provide the basic component for
the compilation of the U.S. position on merchandise trade. These data
are an essential component of the monthly totals provided in the U.S.
International Trade in Goods and Services Press Release, a principal
economic indicator and a primary component of the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). Traditionally, other federal agencies have used the
Electronic Export Information (EEI) for export control purposes to
detect and prevent the export of certain items by unauthorized parties
or to unauthorized destinations or end users.
Since 2013, the Census Bureau and the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) have implemented the following enhancements to the
AES: (1) Added Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Export Control
Classification Numbers (ECCNs) and increased edits and validations
between License Codes and ECCNs; (2) developed six new license codes,
three of which allow corrections to licensed shipments identified in
voluntary self-disclosures and the remaining three are used to identify
shipments involving .y 600 Series ECCN items, support for the Cuban
people, and Australia International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Exemptions; (3) developed a new filing option indicator for the
Advanced Export Information pilot program to indicate a partial or
complete commodity shipment filing; (4) adjusted the Foreign Trade Zone
Indicator to accept seven characters instead of five; and (5) migrated
the AES to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) platform to
modernize the technology and adhere to the requirements of developing a
single window in accordance with Executive Order 13659, Streamlining
the Export/Import Process for America's Businesses, through the
International Trade Data System. The AES will be accessed via a portal
in ACE. Once the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled Foreign Trade
Regulations (FTR): Clarification on Filing Requirements, is published,
the following enhancements may be implemented in the AES: (1) Develop
an original Internal Transaction Number (ITN) field; and (2) develop a
used electronics indicator.
The changes identified in this Final Rule will require the addition
of two data elements in the AES. The added data elements include the
original ITN and the used electronics indicator. The original ITN field
is an optional data element and is utilized if the filer creates an
additional AES record for a shipment that was previously filed. The
next data element added is the used electronics indicator, which is a
conditional data element. The indicator will be used to improve
information on the quantity and destination of used electronics. These
revisions should not affect the average three-minute response time for
the completion of the AES record. Constant advances in technology and
heightened knowledge of filers offset the time required to complete the
new fields in the AES record. In addition, repetitious information can
be entered automatically via templates and profiles, and the number of
data entry sections has been reduced to improve
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the functionality of the AES. Completing these fields will not
significantly affect respondent burden since the original ITN field is
an optional data element and not required for all submissions. The used
electronics indicator is a conditional field, which will only be
required for 75 out of the approximately 9,000 Schedule B numbers and
will affect less than one percent of commodities exported. See
Attachment G for a list of the Schedule B numbers affected.
In addition to the two new proposed data elements that will be
added to the AES, the Census Bureau added language to include the new
timeframes for split shipments addressed in FTR Letter #6, Notice of
Regulatory Change for Split Shipments. In practice, the export trade
community currently adheres to the split shipment filing timeframes.
The Census Bureau also revised language to reflect the two options for
filing EEI. The two options are filing via AESDirect or filing to the
AES mainframe. Finally, the Census Bureau added language to the FTR to
ensure consistency with the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) based on the Export Control
Reform. These clarifications do not impose new reporting requirements.
The information collected via the Automated Export System (AES)
conveys what is being exported (description and commodity
classification number), how much is exported (quantity, shipping
weight, and value), how it is exported (mode of transport, exporting
carrier, and whether containerized), from where (state of origin and
port of export), to where (port of unloading and country of ultimate
destination), and when a commodity is exported (date of exportation).
The identification of the U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI)
shows who is exporting goods. The USPPI and/or the forwarding or other
agent information provides a contact for verification of the
information.
The information is used by the U.S. Federal Government and the
private sector. The Federal Government uses every data element on the
AES record. The Census Bureau published the Interim Final Rule
``Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR): Clarification on Uses of Electronic
Export Information'' to describe how EEI will be accessed and utilized
under the International Trade Data System (ITDS). The ITDS was
established to eliminate the redundant information collection
requirements, efficiently regulate the flow of commerce and to
effectively enforce laws and regulations relating to international
trade. It establishes a single portal system for the collection and
distribution of standard electronic import and export data required by
all participating federal agencies. In addition, the rule allows
federal agencies with appropriate authority to access export data in
the AES and ensure consistency with the Executive Order 13659,
Streamlining the Export/Import Process for America's Businesses issued
on February 19, 2014.
The data collected from the AES serves as the official record of
export transactions. The mandatory use of the AES enables the Federal
Government to produce more accurate export statistics. The Census
Bureau delegated the authority to enforce the FTR to the BIS's Office
of Export Enforcement along with the Department of Homeland Security's
CBP and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The mandatory use
of the AES also facilitates the enforcement of the Export
Administration Regulations for the detection and prevention of exports
of high technology commodities to unauthorized destinations by the BIS
and the CBP; the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by
the U.S. Department of State (State Department) for the exports of
munitions; and the validation of the Kimberly Process Certificate for
the exports of rough diamonds.
Other Federal agencies use this data to develop the components of
the merchandise trade figures that are used in the calculations for the
balance of payments and GDP accounts to evaluate the effects of the
value of U.S. exports. The data is also used to enforce U.S. export
laws and regulations, to plan and examine export promotion programs and
agricultural development and assistance programs, and to prepare for
and assist in trade negotiations under the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade. Collection of these data also eliminates the need for
conducting additional surveys for the collection of information as the
AES shows the relationship of the parties to the export transaction (as
required by the Bureau of Economic Analysis). These AES data are also
used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as a source for developing the
export price index and by the U.S. Department of Transportation for
administering the negotiation of reciprocal arrangements for
transportation facilities between the United States and other
countries. Additionally, a collaborative effort amongst the Census
Bureau, the National Governors' Association and other data users
resulted in the development of export statistics requiring the state of
origin to be reported on the AES. This information enables state
governments to focus activities and resources on fostering the exports
of goods that originate in their states.
Export statistics collected from the AES aid private sector
companies, financial institutions, and transportation entities in
conducting market analysis and market penetration studies for the
development of new markets and market-share strategies. Port
authorities, steamship lines, airlines, aircraft manufacturers, and air
transport associations use these data for measuring the volume and
effect of air or vessel shipments and the need for additional or new
types of facilities.
Affected Public: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., chapter 9, sections 301-307.
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.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-00421 Filed 1-11-16; 8:45 am]
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