Reporting for Calendar Year 2018 on Offsets Agreements Related to Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or Foreign Firms, 26399-26400 [2019-11902]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 190509440–9440–01]
RIN 0694–XC054
Reporting for Calendar Year 2018 on
Offsets Agreements Related to Sales
of Defense Articles or Defense
Services to Foreign Countries or
Foreign Firms
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Annual Reporting
Requirements.
AGENCY:
This notice is to remind the
public that U.S. firms are required to
report annually to the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) information on
contracts for the sale of defense articles
or defense services to foreign countries
or foreign firms that are subject to
offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000
in value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually to Commerce
information on offsets transactions
completed in performance of existing
offsets commitments for which offsets
credit of $250,000 or more has been
claimed from the foreign representative.
This year, such reports must include
SUMMARY:
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relevant information from calendar year
2018 and must be submitted to
Commerce no later than June 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard
copy and electronically. Address the
hard copy to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of
Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS), Room 3878, Washington,
DC 20230’’. Submit electronic copies to
OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ronald DeMarines, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security,
Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone:
202–482–3755; fax: 202–482–5650;
email: ronald.demarines@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense
Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)) requires
the President to submit an annual report
to Congress on the impact of offsets on
the U.S. defense industrial base. Section
723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) to prepare the
President’s report and to develop and
administer the regulations necessary to
collect offsets data from U.S. defense
exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary
regarding offsets have been delegated to
the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Industry and Security. The regulations
associated with offsets reporting are set
forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code
of Federal Regulations (Offsets
Regulation). Offsets are compensation
practices required as a condition of
purchase in either government-togovernment or commercial sales of
defense articles and/or defense services,
as defined by the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (22 CFR 120–130). Offsets
are also applicable to certain items
controlled on the Commerce Control list
(CCL) and with an Export Control
Classification Number (ECCN) including
the numeral ‘‘6’’ as its third character.
The CCL is found in Supplement No. 1
to part 774 of the Export Administration
Regulations.
An example of an offset is as follows:
a company that is selling a fleet of
military aircraft to a foreign government
may agree to offset the cost of the
aircraft by providing training assistance
to plant managers in the purchasing
country. Although this distorts the true
price of the aircraft, the foreign
government may require this sort of
extra compensation as a condition of
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awarding the contract to purchase the
aircraft. As described in the Offsets
Regulation, U.S. firms are required to
report information on contracts for the
sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign
firms that are subject to offsets
agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in
value. U.S. firms are also required to
report annually information on offsets
transactions completed in performance
of existing offsets commitments for
which offsets credit of $250,000 or more
has been claimed from the foreign
representative.
Commerce’s annual report to Congress
includes an aggregated summary of the
data reported by industry in accordance
with the Offsets Regulation and the DPA
(50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)). As provided by
section 723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not
publicly disclose individual firm
information it receives through offsets
reporting unless the firm furnishing the
information specifically authorizes
public disclosure. The information
collected is sorted and organized into an
aggregate report of national offsets data,
and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
To enable BIS to prepare the next
annual offset report reflecting calendar
year 2018 data, affected U.S. firms must
submit required information on offsets
agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2018 to BIS no later than
June 15, 2019.
Dated: May 28, 2019.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
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International Trade Administration
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Raw Flexible Magnets From the
People’s Republic of China and
Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited
Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these second
sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) finds that
revocation of the antidumping duty
(AD) orders on raw flexible magnets
from the People’s Republic of China
(China) and Taiwan would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping at the level indicated in the
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‘‘Final Results of Sunset Reviews’’
section of this notice.
DATES:
Applicable June 6, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Poole or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1293 or (202) 482–1690,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 17, 2008, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
AD orders on raw flexible magnets from
China and Taiwan.1 On February 5,
2019, Commerce initiated the second
sunset reviews of the Orders, pursuant
to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).2
On February 8, 2019, Commerce
received notice of intent to participate
from Magnum Magnetics Corporation
(Magnum), within the deadline
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3
Magnum, a domestic producer of the
subject merchandise, claimed interested
party status under section 771(9)(C) of
the Act.4
On March 7, 2019, Commerce
received adequate substantive responses
from Magnum within the 30-day period
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).5
We received no substantive responses
from any respondent interested parties.
On March 20, 2019, Commerce notified
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC) that it did not receive
an adequate substantive response from
respondent interested parties.6 As a
result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B)
of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce
conducted expedited (120-day) sunset
reviews of the Orders.
1 See Antidumping Duty Order; Raw Flexible
Magnets from the People’s Republic of China, 73 FR
53847 (September 17, 2008); Antidumping Duty
Order: Raw Flexible Magnets from Taiwan, 73 FR
53848 (September 17, 2008) (collectively, Orders).
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 84
FR 1705 (February 5, 2019).
3 See Letter from Magnum, ‘‘Five-Year Review of
Raw Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan:
Notice of Intent to Participate,’’ dated February 8,
2019.
4 Id. at 2.
5 See Letter from Magnum, ‘‘Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’)
Review of the Antidumping Duty Orders on Raw
Flexible Magnets from China and Taiwan: Domestic
Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated March 7,
2019.
6 See Letter from Commerce to ITC, ‘‘Sunset
Review Initiated on February 5, 2019 Applicable to
January 2019,’’ dated March 20, 2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 190509440-9440-01]
RIN 0694-XC054
Reporting for Calendar Year 2018 on Offsets Agreements Related to
Sales of Defense Articles or Defense Services to Foreign Countries or
Foreign Firms
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; Annual Reporting Requirements.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to remind the public that U.S. firms are
required to report annually to the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
information on contracts for the sale of defense articles or defense
services to foreign countries or foreign firms that are subject to
offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S. firms are also
required to report annually to Commerce information on offsets
transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments
for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the
foreign representative. This year, such reports must include
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relevant information from calendar year 2018 and must be submitted to
Commerce no later than June 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard copy and electronically. Address
the hard copy to ``Offsets Program Manager, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Bureau
of Industry and Security (BIS), Room 3878, Washington, DC 20230''.
Submit electronic copies to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald DeMarines, Office of Strategic
Industries and Economic Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S.
Department of Commerce, telephone: 202-482-3755; fax: 202-482-5650;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended
(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)) requires the President to submit an
annual report to Congress on the impact of offsets on the U.S. defense
industrial base. Section 723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to prepare the President's report and to develop and
administer the regulations necessary to collect offsets data from U.S.
defense exporters.
The authorities of the Secretary regarding offsets have been
delegated to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.
The regulations associated with offsets reporting are set forth in part
701 of title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations (Offsets
Regulation). Offsets are compensation practices required as a condition
of purchase in either government-to-government or commercial sales of
defense articles and/or defense services, as defined by the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations (22 CFR 120-130). Offsets are also applicable to certain
items controlled on the Commerce Control list (CCL) and with an Export
Control Classification Number (ECCN) including the numeral ``6'' as its
third character. The CCL is found in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of
the Export Administration Regulations.
An example of an offset is as follows: a company that is selling a
fleet of military aircraft to a foreign government may agree to offset
the cost of the aircraft by providing training assistance to plant
managers in the purchasing country. Although this distorts the true
price of the aircraft, the foreign government may require this sort of
extra compensation as a condition of awarding the contract to purchase
the aircraft. As described in the Offsets Regulation, U.S. firms are
required to report information on contracts for the sale of defense
articles or defense services to foreign countries or foreign firms that
are subject to offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in value. U.S.
firms are also required to report annually information on offsets
transactions completed in performance of existing offsets commitments
for which offsets credit of $250,000 or more has been claimed from the
foreign representative.
Commerce's annual report to Congress includes an aggregated summary
of the data reported by industry in accordance with the Offsets
Regulation and the DPA (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2018)). As provided by section
723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not publicly disclose individual firm
information it receives through offsets reporting unless the firm
furnishing the information specifically authorizes public disclosure.
The information collected is sorted and organized into an aggregate
report of national offsets data, and therefore does not identify
company-specific information.
To enable BIS to prepare the next annual offset report reflecting
calendar year 2018 data, affected U.S. firms must submit required
information on offsets agreements and offsets transactions from
calendar year 2018 to BIS no later than June 15, 2019.
Dated: May 28, 2019.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-11902 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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