2017 Fee Schedule for National Travel and Tourism Office for the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)/I-92 Program, I-94 International Arrivals Program, and Survey of International Air Travelers Program, 28820-28823 [2017-13427]
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intent to rescind this review, because
SXT’s request for an NSR included an
inaccurately certified statement that
SXT is not affiliated with any PRC
exporter or producer that exported
subject merchandise (i.e., passenger
tires from the PRC) to the United States
during the period of time examined in
the original CVD investigation (i.e.,
January 1, 2013, through December 31,
2013) and, as such, SXT had not
satisfied the statutory and regulatory
requirements to request an NSR.6 Based
on the Department’s complete analysis
of all information and comments on the
record of this review, we make no
changes to our findings in the
Preliminary Rescission. Accordingly, for
the reasons discussed in the Preliminary
Rescission and the Issues and Decision
Memorandum, we have determined to
rescind this NSR with respect to SXT.7
30.61 percent); and (3) for subject
merchandise manufactured by SXT but
exported by any other party, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable
to the exporter. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment
Administrative Protective Orders
Because the Department is rescinding
this NSR, we have not calculated a
company-specific countervailing
subsidy rate for SXT. SXT’s entries
during the POR will be assessed at the
cash deposit rate required at the time of
entry, which is the ‘‘all-others’’ rate (i.e.,
30.61 percent).
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return/destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective order is hereby requested.
Failure to comply with the regulations
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
This Department is issuing and
publishing these results in accordance
with sections 751(a)(2)(B) and 771(i)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Effective upon publication of this
notice of the final rescission of this
NSR, the Department will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection to
require a cash deposit for entries of
subject merchandise from SXT. The
following cash deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of
this rescission for all shipments of
subject merchandise from SXT entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date, as provided for by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act): (1) For subject
merchandise produced and exported by
SXT, the cash deposit rate will continue
to be the all-others rate (i.e., 30.61
percent); (2) for subject merchandise
exported by SXT but not manufactured
by SXT, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the all-others rate (i.e.,
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6 See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5–8;
see also Letter from SXT, ‘‘Certain Passenger
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
Republic of China: New Shipper Review Request,’’
February 25, 2016, at Exhibit 2 (certifying that
‘‘since the investigation was initiated, {SXT} has
never been affiliated with any exporter or producer
who exported the subject merchandise to the
United States during the period of investigation
including those not individually examined during
the investigation’’).
7 See Preliminary Rescission, 82 FR at 8825; see
also Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 3–8;
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in the
Department’s presumption that
reimbursement of countervailing duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double countervailing duties.
Dated: June 20, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Issue 1: Acceptance of Unverified
Submissions as ‘‘Complete and
Accurate’’
Issue 2: Evidence of Xingyuan Group’s
Exports During the POI
V. Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Docket No.: 170413395–7395–01]
RIN 0625–XC034
2017 Fee Schedule for National Travel
and Tourism Office for the Advance
Passenger Information System (APIS)/
I–92 Program, I–94 International
Arrivals Program, and Survey of
International Air Travelers Program
International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of revised fee schedule
with request for comments.
AGENCY:
Consistent with the
guidelines in OMB Circular A–25,
federal agencies are responsible for
conducting a biennial review of all
programs to determine the types of
activities subject to user fees and the
basis upon which user fees are to be set.
The U.S. Department of Commerce,
International Trade Administration
(ITA), National Travel and Tourism
Office (NTTO) is raising the fees for
2017 data for the monthly, quarterly or
annual data from the APIS/I–92
Program, the I–94 International Arrivals
Program, and the annual custom reports,
data tables or files from the Survey of
International Air Travelers Program.
As part of the fee review process, the
NTTO is providing industry with the
opportunity to comment on the fee
schedule and to provide any suggestions
for reducing the costs of NTTO
programs. NTTO may reassess the fees
as appropriate.
DATES: Comments must be received by
July 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.Regulations.gov. The identification
number is ITA–2017–0005.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Docket No. ITA–2017–0005
International Trade Administration,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room
1003, Washington, DC 20230.
Instructions: You must submit
comments by one of the above methods
to ensure that the comments are
received and considered. Comments
sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after
the end of the comment period, may not
be considered. All comments received
are a part of the public record and will
generally be posted to
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
SUMMARY:
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voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. ITA will accept
anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in
the required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats
only. Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/docket?D=ITA2017-0005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Champley at (202) 482–4753 or
Richard.Champley@trade.gov; or
Claudia Wolfe at (202) 482–4555 or
Claudia.Wolfe@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Consistent with the
guidelines in OMB Circular A–25,1
federal agencies are responsible for
conducting a biennial review of all
programs to determine the types of
activities subject to user fees and the
basis upon which user fees are to be set.
In addition to OMB Circular A–25, the
NTTO also follows OMB Circular A–
130, which mandates federal agencies to
develop and to maintain a
comprehensive set of information
management policies for use across the
government, and to promote the
application of information technology to
improve the use and dissemination of
information in the operation of Federal
programs. The role of NTTO is to
enhance the international
competitiveness of the U.S. travel and
tourism industry and to increase its
exports, thereby creating U.S.
employment and economic growth. The
primary functions of the NTTO are: (1)
Management of the travel and tourism
statistical system for assessing the
economic contribution of the industry
and providing the sole source for
characteristic statistics on international
travel to and from the United States; (2)
design and administration of export
expansion activities; (3) development
and management of tourism policy,
strategy and advocacy; and (4) technical
assistance for expanding this key export
(international tourism) and assisting in
domestic economic development.
The NTTO has provided this data for
many years and has developed a
subscriber base for each of these
programs. The fees collected for these
reports go to pay for ITA costs to
develop the reports as well as to support
research for the continuation and
expansion of improvements to the data
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provided by NTTO. In 2016, the NTTO
issued a request for proposal for the
2017–2019 SIAT and I–94 data. The
contractor prices for the SIAT base
program are six percent greater than the
2016 contract prices and 27 percent
greater for the I–94 program. This
increase is due in part to increased
quality management checks associated
with this program. Additionally, there is
a nearly 30 percent increase in the cost
for custom reports for both programs.
This was due to the additional work
required by the contractor due to the
additional sample and additional time
the contractor took to finalize report
formats and then issue them. Thus, the
Department must increase fees to fulfill
its Congressional mandate to continue
and expand its market research under
the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 [P.L.
111–145].
Additionally, for 2017, to help
ameliorate the increased costs while
keeping the program fees as low as
possible, the SIAT sample for 2017 will
be cut from 96,000 surveys in 2016 to
77,000 surveys in 2017. It is anticipated
that the 2018 sample level will be
similar depending upon the FY2018
budget. The increased fees for 2017 are
necessary to avoid additional cuts.
However, the NTTO would also be
interested in the industry’s preference
on a cut in sample as a method to keep
the fee increases lower versus higher
fees.
There are three main research
programs in which the public may
obtain additional data on international
travelers to and from the United States
in addition to the free information
already posted to the NTTO Web site.
The proposed 2017 fees are for the
monthly, quarterly or annual data from
the APIS/I–92 Program, the I–94
International Arrivals Program, and the
annual custom reports, data tables or
files from the Survey of International
Air Travelers Program.
The APIS/I–92 program is a joint
effort between the Department of
Homeland Security Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) and the NTTO to
provide international air traffic statistics
data to the government and the travel
industry. The system is a source of data
on all international flights to and from
the United States, including flights with
fewer than 10 passengers. It reports the
total volume of air traffic and various
subsets of traffic. A differentiating
feature of the I–92, compared to the T–
100 (international nonstop segment and
on-flight market data), is that the I–92
reports the number of U.S. citizens vs.
‘‘all other citizens.’’
The information collected from this
program has been based upon the
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Advance Passenger Information System
(APIS) since July 2010. All carriers
serving the United States must transmit
APIS data (from their automated flight
manifests) to CBP for each flight coming
to or departing from the United States,
including Canada. The information
collected provides non-stop point-topoint air traffic totals between the
United States and all other countries
and between U.S. and foreign airports.
Subsets of this information regarding
the number of passengers on U.S. flag or
foreign flag carriers are also made
available. In addition, there is a
breakout of scheduled or charter flight
passengers.
In the monthly, quarterly and annual
I–92 reports, there are four sets of tables.
The first three sets have an arrivals
portion (Ia, IIa, and IIIa), as well as a
departures section (Id, IId, and IIId). The
fourth table is a summary of traffic by
flag of carrier. To learn more about this
program, go to: https://travel.trade.gov/
research/programs/i92/index.asp. The
current 2016 and historical fees (1990–
2015) for this program can be found at:
https://travel.trade.gov/research/reports/
i92/index.asp. Each fee service will be
provided at a 15 percent fee increase
from 2016 to 2017. Fee increases for the
APIS/I–92 program are being increased
to help offset an ITA budget cut and the
much larger increases in costs to the I–
94 and SIAT program, because all three
programs are interdependent upon one
another and used to provide the SIAT
data.
The I–94 International Arrivals
Program is a core part of the U.S. travel
and tourism statistical system. This
program provides the U.S. government
and the public with the official U.S.
monthly and annual overseas visitor
arrivals to the United States along with
select Mexican and Canadian visitor
statistics. The NTTO manages the
program in cooperation with the CBP.
The program collects and reports
overseas non-U.S. resident visitor
arrivals to the United States. U.S.
government data consists of the DHS I–
94 data, which non-U.S. citizens from
overseas and Mexico (Canada is
excluded) must complete to enter the
United States. All visitation data is
processed by residency (world region
and country), for total arrivals, type of
visa, mode of transportation, age of
traveler, address (state level only) while
in the United States port of entry, and
select percentage change comparisons
year-over-year. The information is
presented in a report entitled the
Summary of International Travel to the
United States with 35 tables including
the categories above. NTTO publishes
arrivals data to its Web site on a
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monthly basis, and reports and custom
reports or tables are available on a
monthly, quarterly or annual basis.
More information about this program is
available at https://travel.trade.gov/
research/programs/i94/index.asp. The
current 2016 and historical fees (1992–
2015) for this program can be found at:
https://travel.trade.gov/research/reports/
i94/.
As stated above, each fee service will
be provided at a 15 percent fee increase
from 2016 to 2017.
The Survey of International Air
Travelers Program is a primary research
program which gathers statistical data
about air passenger travelers in U.S.—
overseas and Mexican air markets
(Canada is excluded). The program also
serves as the cornerstone for NTTO’s
efforts to assist U.S. businesses to
improve their competitiveness and
effectiveness in the international travel
market.
The Survey is conducted on selected
flights which have departed, or are
about to depart, from the major U.S.
international gateway airports. The
Survey is administered either aboard
flights or in the airport gate area, of the
over 100 participating airlines (foreign
and U.S.) departing 27 U.S.
international gateways. The Survey data
is ‘‘weighted’’ to census data. For
example, non-resident inbound survey
responses are weighted to the ‘‘100%’’
population of DHS I–94 arrival records
to adjust for over and under sampling.
Resident outbound data is weighted
based on DHS I–92 U.S. departure data.
Data are available on a quarterly and
annual basis for either non-resident
inbound or resident outbound. It can be
delivered in a standard national report
format or as a custom report, data table,
or excel. Data files are also available. To
learn more about this program, go to:
https://travel.trade.gov/research/
programs/ifs/index.asp. The current
2016 and historical fees (1983–2015) for
this program can be found at: https://
travel.trade.gov/research/reports/ifs/
index.asp. When viewing the current fee
structure for the SIAT reports, the tables
will show there is no fee increase for the
vast majority of the standard published
reports and their corresponding Excel
tables for which the fees have remained
constant for the last five years. The only
reports or data for which the NTTO is
revising the fees are shown below.
Fee Schedule increases for the APIS/
I–92 program, the I–94 International
Arrivals Program and the Survey of
International Air Travelers (SIAT)
Program are shown in the tables below.
All fees shown are 15 percent greater in
2017 than in 2016, except for certain
SIAT reports as explained above. For
the I–94 program, the NTTO is
eliminating the print files and will only
provide a PDF and Excel file to save
costs. The custom reports, data tables
and files will also see a 15 percent fee
increase in 2017.
APIS/I–92 Program
2017 Fee
Monthly Reports printed ..........................................................................................................................................
Monthly Reports (PDF and Excel) ...........................................................................................................................
Quarterly Reports printed ........................................................................................................................................
Quarterly Reports (PDF and Excel) ........................................................................................................................
Annual Report printed ..............................................................................................................................................
Annual Report (PDF and Excel) ..............................................................................................................................
Data Files, for internal use only ..............................................................................................................................
I–94 International Arrivals program
2017 Fee
Monthly Subscription (PDF and Excel) ...................................................................................................................
Quarterly Subscription (PDF and Excel) .................................................................................................................
Annual Issue (PDF and Excel) ................................................................................................................................
Annual, data file (CD–ROM) ....................................................................................................................................
Quarterly, data file (CD–ROM) ................................................................................................................................
Combined 2015 and 2016 International I–94 Arrivals Data
Survey of International Air Travelers program
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assessed the costs of its programs and
the fees it collects. In 2016, NTTO
increased fees by five percent,
explaining the increased fees were
necessary for NTTO to be in compliance
with Circular A–25 (81 FR 39895, June
20, 2016). In 2016, and the NTTO sold
a few more reports in 2016 than it did
in previous years.
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$3,730
3,170
2,000
2017 Fee
CUSTOM TABLE—1st table, in Excel ....................................................................................................................
CUSTOM TABLE—all other tables in Excel ...........................................................................................................
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF (First banner) ...............................................................................................
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF (Second banner) .........................................................................................
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF (Third + banners) ........................................................................................
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$2,450
2,155
1,485
16,770
18,820
2017 Fee
Monthly Subscription (PDF and Excel) ...................................................................................................................
Quarterly Subscription (PDF and Excel) .................................................................................................................
Annual Issue (PDF and Excel) ................................................................................................................................
Method for Determining Fees: ITA
collects, retains, and expends user fees
pursuant to delegated authority under
the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act as authorized in its
annual appropriations acts.
Last year as part of a fee review in
compliance with Office of Management
and Budget Circular No. A–25, the
International Trade Administration
$2,295
3,435
2,070
3,095
1,610
2,405
27,310
$2,720
1,645
10,210
9,185
8,220
2016 Fee
$1,995
2,985
1,800
2,690
1,400
2,090
23,745
2016 Fee
$2,130
1,870
1,290
14,580
16,365
2016 Fee
$3,240
2,755
1,740
2016 Fee
$2,365
1,430
8,875
7,985
7,145
For each program, NTTO has a set of
subscribers who have been using this
data, some for decades. Since 2000, fees
have increased by 10 percent or more
six times. Most rely upon this data as
the only federal source to define the
international travel market to this
country. Additionally, the power of the
SIAT program is that it can provide
estimates by world region and country
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of the number of overseas travelers who
visit U.S. census regions, states,
territories, or cities. But the program
provides far more than an estimated
number. The responses to questions
asked of the overseas visitors also help
explain why the visitation numbers
have increased or declined over the
previous years due to the shifts in the
traveler characteristics of the visitors
between the two years. It may be a shift
in visitors’ ports of entry or purpose of
trip; changes in the mix of first time or
repeat visitors, or package or
independent travelers; shifts in modes
of transport used by visitors to travel
within the country; or a shift to more or
fewer destinations visited, compared to
previous trips.
Fees are set considering the cost of
providing this data. Most of the NTTO
research is implemented from fixed
price contacts. Within the contracts are
built-in cost adjustments. The NTTO
considers the current demand for each
program by comparing changes from
one year to the next before setting fees.
We also consider if there have been
decreases in timeliness or quality of
service delivery or improvements made
to the programs like new report formats,
more travelers surveyed, or other
enhancements to the research data
provided. The NTTO staff considered
the purchasing constraints experienced
by current or potential subscribers (such
as limits to purchase by credit card, or
sole source/open bid requirements) and
factored in the annual percentage
change in the Consumer Price Index
(used to determine rate of inflation).
In the analysis of these fees, it was
determined that the services provided
from this report offer special benefits to
an identifiable recipient beyond those
that accrue to the public.
ITA completed an analysis that
calculated the actual cost of providing
its data services to develop a basis for
setting the fee. Full cost incorporates
direct and indirect costs (including
operations and maintenance), overhead,
and charges for the use of capital
facilities. ITA also considered
additional factors when pricing goods
and services, including adequacy of cost
recovery, affordability, available
efficiencies, inflation, pricing history,
fee elasticity, and service delivery
alternatives.
Finally, the NTTO staff members
watch what is happening in the
industry. If our clients’ budgets are
being cut or increased, this too is
considered. We watch what is
happening in terms of international
travel to the country as well. If there are
large increases in travel to the United
States, there tends to be corresponding
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increases in the international market. In
contrast, in years international travel
slows or declines, we factor this in
when determining fees. Based upon all
this input, we develop several options
for cost increases or decreases and
determine fees.
Conclusion
Based on the information provided
above, the NTTO believes its revised
fees are consistent with the objective of
OMB Circular A–25 to ‘‘promote
efficient allocation of the nation’s
resources by establishing charges for
special benefits provided to the
recipient that are at least as great as the
cost to the U.S. Government of
providing the special benefits . . . ’’
OMB Circular A–25(5)(b). However, as
stated above, we are providing the
public with the opportunity to comment
and will reassess the revised fees as
appropriate.
Dated: June 8, 2017.
Isabel Hill,
Director, National Travel & Tourism Office,
International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–016]
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires From the People’s Republic of
China: Final Rescission of 2015–2016
Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (the Department) determines
to rescind this new shipper review
(NSR) of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on passenger vehicle and light
truck tires (passenger tires) from the
People’s Republic of China (the PRC).
The period of review (POR) is August 1,
2015, through January 31, 2016. The
NSR covers one exporter/producer of
subject merchandise, Shandong
Xinghongyuan Tire Co., Ltd. (SXT).
DATES: Effective June 26, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kaitlin Wojnar, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3857.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 31, 2017, the Department
published notice of its preliminary
rescission of this NSR pertaining to SXT
for the period August 1, 2015, through
January 31, 2016.1 On April 12, 2017,
2016, the Department extended the
deadline for the final results to June 22,
2017.2 For a complete description of the
events that followed publication of the
Preliminary Rescission, see the Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
dated concurrently with and hereby
adopted by this notice.3 The Issues and
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is available electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov and to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the
main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed at https://
enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed
Issues and Decision Memorandum and
the electronic version are identical in
content.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers
passenger tires from the PRC. For a
complete description of the scope, see
the ‘‘Scope of the Order’’ section of the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.4
Analysis of Comments Received
The Department received case and
rebuttal briefs following publication of
the Preliminary Rescission. All issues
raised in the briefs are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.5 A
list of topics included in the Issues and
1 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Rescission of 2015–2016 Antidumping Duty New
Shipper Review, 82 FR 8824 (January 31, 2017)
(Preliminary Rescission), and accompanying
Department Memorandum, ‘‘Passenger Vehicle and
Light Truck Tires From the People’s Republic of
China: Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Rescission of the 2015–2016 Antidumping Duty
New Shipper Review,’’ January 23, 2017
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
2 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Passenger
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results in Antidumping Duty New Shipper
Review,’’ April 12, 2017.
3 See Department Memorandum, ‘‘Passenger
Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the People’s
Republic of China: Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Rescission of the 2015–
2016 Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review,’’
June 22, 2017 (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
4 Id. at 2–4.
5 Id. at 4–8.
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[FR Doc No: 2017-13427]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Docket No.: 170413395-7395-01]
RIN 0625-XC034
2017 Fee Schedule for National Travel and Tourism Office for the
Advance Passenger Information System (APIS)/I-92 Program, I-94
International Arrivals Program, and Survey of International Air
Travelers Program
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of revised fee schedule with request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the guidelines in OMB Circular A-25, federal
agencies are responsible for conducting a biennial review of all
programs to determine the types of activities subject to user fees and
the basis upon which user fees are to be set. The U.S. Department of
Commerce, International Trade Administration (ITA), National Travel and
Tourism Office (NTTO) is raising the fees for 2017 data for the
monthly, quarterly or annual data from the APIS/I-92 Program, the I-94
International Arrivals Program, and the annual custom reports, data
tables or files from the Survey of International Air Travelers Program.
As part of the fee review process, the NTTO is providing industry
with the opportunity to comment on the fee schedule and to provide any
suggestions for reducing the costs of NTTO programs. NTTO may reassess
the fees as appropriate.
DATES: Comments must be received by July 26, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.Regulations.gov. The
identification number is ITA-2017-0005.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Docket No. ITA-2017-0005
International Trade Administration, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Room
1003, Washington, DC 20230.
Instructions: You must submit comments by one of the above methods
to ensure that the comments are received and considered. Comments sent
by any other method, to any other address or individual, or received
after the end of the comment period, may not be considered. All
comments received are a part of the public record and will generally be
posted to www.regulations.gov without change. All Personal Identifying
Information (for example, name, address, etc.)
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voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information. ITA will accept anonymous comments (enter ``N/
A'' in the required fields if you wish to remain anonymous).
Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word,
Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats only. Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=ITA-2017-0005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Champley at (202) 482-4753 or
Richard.Champley@trade.gov; or Claudia Wolfe at (202) 482-4555 or
Claudia.Wolfe@trade.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Consistent with the guidelines in OMB Circular A-25,\1\
federal agencies are responsible for conducting a biennial review of
all programs to determine the types of activities subject to user fees
and the basis upon which user fees are to be set.
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In addition to OMB Circular A-25, the NTTO also follows OMB
Circular A-130, which mandates federal agencies to develop and to
maintain a comprehensive set of information management policies for use
across the government, and to promote the application of information
technology to improve the use and dissemination of information in the
operation of Federal programs. The role of NTTO is to enhance the
international competitiveness of the U.S. travel and tourism industry
and to increase its exports, thereby creating U.S. employment and
economic growth. The primary functions of the NTTO are: (1) Management
of the travel and tourism statistical system for assessing the economic
contribution of the industry and providing the sole source for
characteristic statistics on international travel to and from the
United States; (2) design and administration of export expansion
activities; (3) development and management of tourism policy, strategy
and advocacy; and (4) technical assistance for expanding this key
export (international tourism) and assisting in domestic economic
development.
The NTTO has provided this data for many years and has developed a
subscriber base for each of these programs. The fees collected for
these reports go to pay for ITA costs to develop the reports as well as
to support research for the continuation and expansion of improvements
to the data provided by NTTO. In 2016, the NTTO issued a request for
proposal for the 2017-2019 SIAT and I-94 data. The contractor prices
for the SIAT base program are six percent greater than the 2016
contract prices and 27 percent greater for the I-94 program. This
increase is due in part to increased quality management checks
associated with this program. Additionally, there is a nearly 30
percent increase in the cost for custom reports for both programs. This
was due to the additional work required by the contractor due to the
additional sample and additional time the contractor took to finalize
report formats and then issue them. Thus, the Department must increase
fees to fulfill its Congressional mandate to continue and expand its
market research under the Travel Promotion Act of 2009 [P.L. 111-145].
Additionally, for 2017, to help ameliorate the increased costs
while keeping the program fees as low as possible, the SIAT sample for
2017 will be cut from 96,000 surveys in 2016 to 77,000 surveys in 2017.
It is anticipated that the 2018 sample level will be similar depending
upon the FY2018 budget. The increased fees for 2017 are necessary to
avoid additional cuts. However, the NTTO would also be interested in
the industry's preference on a cut in sample as a method to keep the
fee increases lower versus higher fees.
There are three main research programs in which the public may
obtain additional data on international travelers to and from the
United States in addition to the free information already posted to the
NTTO Web site. The proposed 2017 fees are for the monthly, quarterly or
annual data from the APIS/I-92 Program, the I-94 International Arrivals
Program, and the annual custom reports, data tables or files from the
Survey of International Air Travelers Program.
The APIS/I-92 program is a joint effort between the Department of
Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the NTTO to
provide international air traffic statistics data to the government and
the travel industry. The system is a source of data on all
international flights to and from the United States, including flights
with fewer than 10 passengers. It reports the total volume of air
traffic and various subsets of traffic. A differentiating feature of
the I-92, compared to the T-100 (international nonstop segment and on-
flight market data), is that the I-92 reports the number of U.S.
citizens vs. ``all other citizens.''
The information collected from this program has been based upon the
Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) since July 2010. All
carriers serving the United States must transmit APIS data (from their
automated flight manifests) to CBP for each flight coming to or
departing from the United States, including Canada. The information
collected provides non-stop point-to-point air traffic totals between
the United States and all other countries and between U.S. and foreign
airports. Subsets of this information regarding the number of
passengers on U.S. flag or foreign flag carriers are also made
available. In addition, there is a breakout of scheduled or charter
flight passengers.
In the monthly, quarterly and annual I-92 reports, there are four
sets of tables. The first three sets have an arrivals portion (Ia, IIa,
and IIIa), as well as a departures section (Id, IId, and IIId). The
fourth table is a summary of traffic by flag of carrier. To learn more
about this program, go to: https://travel.trade.gov/research/programs/i92/index.asp. The current 2016 and historical fees (1990-2015) for
this program can be found at: https://travel.trade.gov/research/reports/i92/index.asp. Each fee service will be provided at a 15 percent fee
increase from 2016 to 2017. Fee increases for the APIS/I-92 program are
being increased to help offset an ITA budget cut and the much larger
increases in costs to the I-94 and SIAT program, because all three
programs are interdependent upon one another and used to provide the
SIAT data.
The I-94 International Arrivals Program is a core part of the U.S.
travel and tourism statistical system. This program provides the U.S.
government and the public with the official U.S. monthly and annual
overseas visitor arrivals to the United States along with select
Mexican and Canadian visitor statistics. The NTTO manages the program
in cooperation with the CBP. The program collects and reports overseas
non-U.S. resident visitor arrivals to the United States. U.S.
government data consists of the DHS I-94 data, which non-U.S. citizens
from overseas and Mexico (Canada is excluded) must complete to enter
the United States. All visitation data is processed by residency (world
region and country), for total arrivals, type of visa, mode of
transportation, age of traveler, address (state level only) while in
the United States port of entry, and select percentage change
comparisons year-over-year. The information is presented in a report
entitled the Summary of International Travel to the United States with
35 tables including the categories above. NTTO publishes arrivals data
to its Web site on a
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monthly basis, and reports and custom reports or tables are available
on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis. More information about this
program is available at https://travel.trade.gov/research/programs/i94/index.asp. The current 2016 and historical fees (1992-2015) for this
program can be found at: https://travel.trade.gov/research/reports/i94/.
As stated above, each fee service will be provided at a 15 percent
fee increase from 2016 to 2017.
The Survey of International Air Travelers Program is a primary
research program which gathers statistical data about air passenger
travelers in U.S.--overseas and Mexican air markets (Canada is
excluded). The program also serves as the cornerstone for NTTO's
efforts to assist U.S. businesses to improve their competitiveness and
effectiveness in the international travel market.
The Survey is conducted on selected flights which have departed, or
are about to depart, from the major U.S. international gateway
airports. The Survey is administered either aboard flights or in the
airport gate area, of the over 100 participating airlines (foreign and
U.S.) departing 27 U.S. international gateways. The Survey data is
``weighted'' to census data. For example, non-resident inbound survey
responses are weighted to the ``100%'' population of DHS I-94 arrival
records to adjust for over and under sampling. Resident outbound data
is weighted based on DHS I-92 U.S. departure data. Data are available
on a quarterly and annual basis for either non-resident inbound or
resident outbound. It can be delivered in a standard national report
format or as a custom report, data table, or excel. Data files are also
available. To learn more about this program, go to: https://travel.trade.gov/research/programs/ifs/index.asp. The current 2016 and
historical fees (1983-2015) for this program can be found at: https://travel.trade.gov/research/reports/ifs/index.asp. When viewing the
current fee structure for the SIAT reports, the tables will show there
is no fee increase for the vast majority of the standard published
reports and their corresponding Excel tables for which the fees have
remained constant for the last five years. The only reports or data for
which the NTTO is revising the fees are shown below.
Fee Schedule increases for the APIS/I-92 program, the I-94
International Arrivals Program and the Survey of International Air
Travelers (SIAT) Program are shown in the tables below. All fees shown
are 15 percent greater in 2017 than in 2016, except for certain SIAT
reports as explained above. For the I-94 program, the NTTO is
eliminating the print files and will only provide a PDF and Excel file
to save costs. The custom reports, data tables and files will also see
a 15 percent fee increase in 2017.
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APIS/I-92 Program 2017 Fee 2016 Fee
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Monthly Reports printed................. $2,295 $1,995
Monthly Reports (PDF and Excel)......... 3,435 2,985
Quarterly Reports printed............... 2,070 1,800
Quarterly Reports (PDF and Excel)....... 3,095 2,690
Annual Report printed................... 1,610 1,400
Annual Report (PDF and Excel)........... 2,405 2,090
Data Files, for internal use only....... 27,310 23,745
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I-94 International Arrivals program 2017 Fee 2016 Fee
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Monthly Subscription (PDF and Excel).... $2,450 $2,130
Quarterly Subscription (PDF and Excel).. 2,155 1,870
Annual Issue (PDF and Excel)............ 1,485 1,290
Annual, data file (CD-ROM).............. 16,770 14,580
Quarterly, data file (CD-ROM)........... 18,820 16,365
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Combined 2015 and 2016 International I- 2017 Fee 2016 Fee
94 Arrivals Data
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Monthly Subscription (PDF and Excel).... $3,730 $3,240
Quarterly Subscription (PDF and Excel).. 3,170 2,755
Annual Issue (PDF and Excel)............ 2,000 1,740
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Survey of International Air Travelers
program 2017 Fee 2016 Fee
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CUSTOM TABLE--1st table, in Excel....... $2,720 $2,365
CUSTOM TABLE--all other tables in Excel. 1,645 1,430
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF (First 10,210 8,875
banner)................................
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF 9,185 7,985
(Second banner)........................
Custom Reports with Excel and PDF (Third 8,220 7,145
+ banners).............................
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Method for Determining Fees: ITA collects, retains, and expends
user fees pursuant to delegated authority under the Mutual Educational
and Cultural Exchange Act as authorized in its annual appropriations
acts.
Last year as part of a fee review in compliance with Office of
Management and Budget Circular No. A-25, the International Trade
Administration assessed the costs of its programs and the fees it
collects. In 2016, NTTO increased fees by five percent, explaining the
increased fees were necessary for NTTO to be in compliance with
Circular A-25 (81 FR 39895, June 20, 2016). In 2016, and the NTTO sold
a few more reports in 2016 than it did in previous years.
For each program, NTTO has a set of subscribers who have been using
this data, some for decades. Since 2000, fees have increased by 10
percent or more six times. Most rely upon this data as the only federal
source to define the international travel market to this country.
Additionally, the power of the SIAT program is that it can provide
estimates by world region and country
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of the number of overseas travelers who visit U.S. census regions,
states, territories, or cities. But the program provides far more than
an estimated number. The responses to questions asked of the overseas
visitors also help explain why the visitation numbers have increased or
declined over the previous years due to the shifts in the traveler
characteristics of the visitors between the two years. It may be a
shift in visitors' ports of entry or purpose of trip; changes in the
mix of first time or repeat visitors, or package or independent
travelers; shifts in modes of transport used by visitors to travel
within the country; or a shift to more or fewer destinations visited,
compared to previous trips.
Fees are set considering the cost of providing this data. Most of
the NTTO research is implemented from fixed price contacts. Within the
contracts are built-in cost adjustments. The NTTO considers the current
demand for each program by comparing changes from one year to the next
before setting fees. We also consider if there have been decreases in
timeliness or quality of service delivery or improvements made to the
programs like new report formats, more travelers surveyed, or other
enhancements to the research data provided. The NTTO staff considered
the purchasing constraints experienced by current or potential
subscribers (such as limits to purchase by credit card, or sole source/
open bid requirements) and factored in the annual percentage change in
the Consumer Price Index (used to determine rate of inflation).
In the analysis of these fees, it was determined that the services
provided from this report offer special benefits to an identifiable
recipient beyond those that accrue to the public.
ITA completed an analysis that calculated the actual cost of
providing its data services to develop a basis for setting the fee.
Full cost incorporates direct and indirect costs (including operations
and maintenance), overhead, and charges for the use of capital
facilities. ITA also considered additional factors when pricing goods
and services, including adequacy of cost recovery, affordability,
available efficiencies, inflation, pricing history, fee elasticity, and
service delivery alternatives.
Finally, the NTTO staff members watch what is happening in the
industry. If our clients' budgets are being cut or increased, this too
is considered. We watch what is happening in terms of international
travel to the country as well. If there are large increases in travel
to the United States, there tends to be corresponding increases in the
international market. In contrast, in years international travel slows
or declines, we factor this in when determining fees. Based upon all
this input, we develop several options for cost increases or decreases
and determine fees.
Conclusion
Based on the information provided above, the NTTO believes its
revised fees are consistent with the objective of OMB Circular A-25 to
``promote efficient allocation of the nation's resources by
establishing charges for special benefits provided to the recipient
that are at least as great as the cost to the U.S. Government of
providing the special benefits . . . '' OMB Circular A-25(5)(b).
However, as stated above, we are providing the public with the
opportunity to comment and will reassess the revised fees as
appropriate.
Dated: June 8, 2017.
Isabel Hill,
Director, National Travel & Tourism Office, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
[FR Doc. 2017-13427 Filed 6-23-17; 8:45 am]
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