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Section 3(g) of FIFRA provides, among
other things, that the registrations of
pesticides are to be reviewed every 15
years. Under FIFRA, a pesticide product
may be registered or remain registered
only if it meets the statutory standard
for registration given in FIFRA section
3(c)(5) (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)). When used
in accordance with widespread and
commonly recognized practice, the
pesticide product must perform its
intended function without unreasonable
adverse effects on the environment; that
is, without any unreasonable risk to
man or the environment, or a human
dietary risk from residues that result
from the use of a pesticide in or on food.
IV. What action is the Agency taking?
Pursuant to 40 CFR 155.58, this notice
announces the availability of EPA’s
proposed interim registration review
decisions for the pesticides shown in
Table 1 and opens a 60-day public
comment period on the proposed
interim registration review decisions. In
addition, the preliminary work plan for
L-lactic acid is also being published for
comment at this time.
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TABLE 1—PROPOSED INTERIM DECISIONS
Registration review case name and No.
Docket ID No.
Chemical review manager and contact information
Amicarbazone, Case Number 7262 .................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0400
Aminopyralid, Case Number 7267 ...................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0749
Azadirachtin, neem oil, and extract of neem oil, Case
Number 6021.
Benzoic acid, Case Number 5107 ...................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0632
Endothall, and Salts, Case Number 2245 .......................
Fluoxastrobin, Case Number 7044 ..................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0591
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0295
Ipconazole, Case Number 7041 ......................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0590
L-lactic acid (PID/PWP), Case Number 6062 ..................
Metconazole, Case Number 7049 ...................................
Prometon, Case Number 2545 ........................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2020–0552
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0013
EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0068
Pronamide (Propyzamide), Case Number 0082 ..............
EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0326
Propargite, Case Number 0243 .......................................
Prothioconazole, Case Number 7054 ..............................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0131
EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0474
Pyrasulfotole, Case Number 7272 ...................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0391
Spiromesifen, Case Number 7442 ...................................
EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0263
Samantha Thomas, thomas.samantha@epa.gov, (703)
347–0514.
Veronica Dutch, dutch.veronica@epa.gov, (703) 308–
8585.
Joseph Mabon, mabon.joseph@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0177.
Jessica Bailey, bailey.jessica@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0148.
Robert Little, little.robert@epa.gov, (703) 347–8156.
Rachel Fletcher, fletcher.rachel@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0512.
Alex Hazlehurst, hazlehurst.alexander@epa.gov, (703)
347–0221.
Kendall Ziner, ziner.kendall@epa.gov, (703) 347–8829.
Jordan Page, page.jordan@epa.gov, (703) 347–0467.
Carolyn Smith, smith.carolyn@epa.gov, (703) 347–
8325.
DeMariah Koger, koger.demariah@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0425.
Jaclyn Pyne, pyne.jaclyn@epa.gov, (703) 347–0445.
Rachel Eberius, eberius.rachel@epa.gov, (703) 347–
0492.
James Douglass, douglass.james@epa.gov, (703) 347–
8630.
Veronica Dutch, dutch.veronica@epa.gov, (703) 308–
8585.
The registration review docket for a
pesticide includes earlier documents
related to the registration review case.
For example, the review opened with a
Preliminary Work Plan, for public
comment. A Final Work Plan was
placed in the docket following public
comment on the Preliminary Work Plan.
The documents in the dockets
describe EPA’s rationales for conducting
additional risk assessments for the
registration review of the pesticides
included in the tables in Unit IV, as well
as the Agency’s subsequent risk findings
and consideration of possible risk
mitigation measures. These proposed
interim registration review decisions are
supported by the rationales included in
those documents. Following public
comment, the Agency will issue interim
or final registration review decisions for
the pesticides listed in Table 1 in Unit
IV.
The registration review final rule at 40
CFR 155.58(a) provides for a minimum
60-day public comment period on all
proposed interim registration review
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decisions. This comment period is
intended to provide an opportunity for
public input and a mechanism for
initiating any necessary amendments to
the proposed interim decision. All
comments should be submitted using
the methods in ADDRESSES and must be
received by EPA on or before the closing
date. These comments will become part
of the docket for the pesticides included
in the Tables in Unit IV. Comments
received after the close of the comment
period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not
required to consider these late
comments.
The Agency will carefully consider all
comments received by the closing date
and may provide a ‘‘Response to
Comments Memorandum’’ in the
docket. The interim registration review
decision will explain the effect that any
comments had on the interim decision
and provide the Agency’s response to
significant comments.
Background on the registration review
program is provided at: https://
www.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation.
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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
Dated: April 15, 2021.
Mary Reaves,
Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division,
Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Information Request on U.S. and
Foreign Content in Transformational
Exports
Export-Import Bank of the
United States.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
To assist the Export-Import
Bank of the United States (EXIM) in the
implementation of its historic sevenyear reauthorization and directive to
establish a new ‘‘Program on China and
Transformational Exports’’ (‘‘directive’’),
EXIM seeks information on the level of
U.S. and foreign content in U.S. exports
SUMMARY:
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in the identified transformational export
areas.
DATES: Comments are due on May 14,
2021
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
submit comments on this transaction
electronically on www.regulations.gov.
To submit a comment, enter
‘‘Information Request on U.S. and
Foreign Content in Transformational
Exports’’ under the heading ‘‘Enter
Keyword or ID’’ and select Search.
Follow the instructions provided at the
Submit a Comment screen. Please
include your name, company name (if
any) and ‘‘Information Request on U.S.
and Foreign Content in
Transformational Exports’’ on any
attached document. Comments can also
be sent by email or mail to Scott
Condren, Scott.Condren@exim.gov,
Export-Import Bank of the United
States, 811 Vermont Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20571.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information, please
contact Scott Condren, Scott.Condren@
exim.gov, 202–565–4277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 17th, 2020, the Board of
Directors of EXIM approved new
content principles for ten
congressionally defined
transformational areas as part of the
Program on China and Transformation
Exports (PCTE). Under the new
principles, full EXIM support is
available for eligible transformational
export transactions having a U.S content
level of 51% or more, down from the
previous level of 85% for medium and
long-term transactions. The principles
also allows EXIM to consider full
support for transactions with less than
51% U.S. content if certain prerequisites are met, including the
exporter providing an acceptable
actionable written plan to increase U.S.
based jobs in the next 3–5 years and at
least one of seven factors being
applicable to the transaction. Finally,
the Board also made Chinese content
presumptively ineligible for transactions
financed under the transformational
exports content policy, as well as
providing for incentives to maximize
U.S. content.
A narrow implementation of the
transformational export area principles
would limit EXIM’s support of foreign
content to what is currently called
‘‘eligible foreign content,’’ or foreign
content that is included in a U.S. export
contract and shipped from the United
States. Furthermore, for financings
covered by the new principles, all
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Chinese content would be considered
‘‘ineligible foreign content,’’ meaning
the dollar value would be subtracted
from the value of the U.S. export
contract that EXIM is financing.
A more expansive implementation
would allow for EXIM to support goods
in a U.S. exporter’s contract (including
those supplied by foreign subsidiaries
and sub-suppliers) that ship directly
from a third country to a foreign buyer.
While supporting such shipments raises
the question about the feasibility of
applying EXIM’s current U.S. flag
shipping policy to such exports, first
and foremost, EXIM wants to ensure
that any expansion of the types of
foreign content supported results in
more U.S. jobs, as supporting U.S. jobs
remains the core purpose of EXIM.
Current guidance is the new
principles allow up to 49% of eligible
foreign content in transformational
exports transactions, based on the
percentage of U.S. content in shipments
from the United States. Transactions
with more than 49% eligible foreign
content may be eligible if the previously
mentioned pre-requisites are met.
For reference, EXIM currently uses
the following terms and definitions for
transformational exports:
U.S. content: U.S. content includes U.S.
labor, material costs, direct overhead, profit,
mark-up, indirect overheard and costs (R&D,
sales and marketing, etc.), and all other costs
incurred in the United States. The U.S.
content in an export is therefore generally
found by subtracting the cost of foreign
inputs from the U.S. export’s price, rather
than identifying and quantifying the amount
of each U.S. input.
Eligible foreign content: foreign content in
the export contract that is incorporated in the
U.S. exports and/or ships from the United
States.
Ineligible foreign content: foreign content
in an export contract that does not ship from
the United States. For purposes of the
content policy applicable to transformational
exports, it also includes Chinese content
shipped from either the United States or
elsewhere.
For example, a U.S. electric vehicle
(included in the energy efficiency
transformational areas) is manufactured
in the United States, but the vehicle’s
tires are manufactured in Mexico. U.S.
content in the vehicle would be sales
price of the vehicle minus the cost of
the tires. The tires installed in the
United States would be eligible foreign
content and included in EXIM’s
financing as long as they were no more
than 49% of the value of the car. If the
foreign buyer also bought spare tires,
which shipped directly from Mexico to
the foreign buyer, such spares would be
considered ineligible foreign content,
and thus not receive EXIM financing. If
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such tires were shipped by U.S. exporter
from the U.S., however, they would be
considered eligible foreign content.
This notice requests comments and
information from the public regarding
how EXIM can continue implementing
this program in a way that supports
EXIM’s charter and American job
creation. Specifically, EXIM welcomes
feedback that assists EXIM in:
• Estimating the average annual value
of U.S. exports in each of the ten
transformational areas that could
potentially need EXIM support over the
next 5 years.
• Estimating the average/typical
percent of U.S. content in the supply
chain of each of the ten areas, with (if
less than 85% percent U.S. content)
commentary as to why.
• Estimating the average/typical
percent of foreign content in each area
for which it is infeasible to bring it
through the U.S. prior to shipping to the
final buyer, with (if more than 0%
foreign content) commentary as to why.
• Estimating the average/typical
percent of foreign content for each area
that is from China, with (if more than
0% Chinese content) commentary on
the relative ease/difficulty to source that
content from a non-Chinese entity.
• Evaluating the availability, typical
timing and cost implications of
requiring U.S. shipping for foreign-portof-origin shipments from a third country
to the buyer/borrower via ocean
transport.
• Evaluating the typical timing and
cost implications of prohibiting Chinese
shipping for any foreign-port-of-origin
shipments from a third country to the
buyer/borrower.
Written Comments
EXIM is interested in comments and
information related to the ability of
EXIM’s new content policy to be
successful in supporting exporters
competing with the People’s Republic of
China. The congressionally defined
transformational export areas are:
• Artificial intelligence.
• Biotechnology.
• Biomedical sciences.
• Wireless communications
equipment (including 5G or subsequent
wireless technologies).
• Quantum computing.
• Renewable energy, energy
efficiency, and energy storage.
• Semiconductor and semiconductor
machinery manufacturing.
• Emerging financial technologies
(including technologies that facilitate
financial inclusion through increased
access to capital and financial services;
data security and privacy; payments, the
transfer of funds, and associated
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messaging services; and efforts to
combat money laundering and the
financing of terrorism).
• Water treatment and sanitation
(including technologies and
infrastructure to reduce contaminants
and improve water quality).
• High-performance computing;
• Associated services necessary for
use of any of the foregoing exports.
EXIM requests respondents to be
explicit as to which transformational
area they are addressing. Exporters
should identify whether they are an
exporter of a transformational
technology, or if company exports
products or services used by a
transformational area, as well as
specifying the relevant transformational
area. Please indicate, where applicable,
whether your response applies to
foreign content shipped from the U.S.,
U.S. content shipped from a foreign
port, and/or foreign content shipped
from a foreign port. EXIM would
appreciate commentary on:
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1. Average U.S. exports over the last five
years and expected U.S. export values over
the next five years.
a. To the extent export sales have been
falling or expected to fall, please explain
why.
2. A description of the current supply
chain in your industry/company, including:
a. The percent of foreign content included
in your exports/export contracts.
b. of the foreign content, the percent from
the People’s Republic of China in your
exports/export contracts.
3. The importance, if any, in supporting
foreign content shipped directly from other
countries to foreign buyers.
4. Why such foreign content is unable to
be sourced from the United States or to be
incorporated into products in the United
States.
5. The timing and cost implications of
requiring U.S. shipping for shipments from
foreign ports directly to the buyer.
6. The feasibility of an EXIM prohibition
on covering content from the People’s
Republic of China.
a. including the impact of prohibiting use
of shipping from the People’s Republic of
China.
EXIM encourages respondents, when
addressing the points above, to identify
which point they are responding to by
using the same numbers and heading as
set forth above. For example, a
respondent submitting comments
responsive to (2), ‘‘Description of
current supply chain in your industry/
company’’, would use that same text as
a heading followed by the respondent’s
specific comments responding to it.
This formatting will assist EXIM in
more easily reviewing and summarizing
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the comments received in response to
these specific points of inquiry.
Scott Condren,
Sr. Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis
and International Relations.
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by the Federal Communications
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Federal Communications
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ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
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and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
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Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
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including the use of automated
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Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0876.
Title: Sections 54.703, USAC Board of
Directors Nomination Process and
Sections 54.719 through 54.725, Review
of the Administrator’s Decision.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities and Not-for-profit
institutions, and State, Local or Tribal
Governments.
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Responses: 557 respondents; 557
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Statutory authority for this information
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403 and 405.
Total Annual Burden: 17,680 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
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respondents submit confidential
information to the FCC. However,
respondents may request confidential
treatment of their information under 47
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this collection is used by the
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Administrative Company (USAC) Board
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for review are filed properly to the
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Section 54.703 states that industry
and non-industry groups may submit to
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Directors.
Sections 54.719 through 54.725
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Commission review of USAC decisions
including the general filing
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Secretary, Office of the Secretary.
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Information Request on U.S. and Foreign Content in
Transformational Exports
AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the United States.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: To assist the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM)
in the implementation of its historic seven-year reauthorization and
directive to establish a new ``Program on China and Transformational
Exports'' (``directive''), EXIM seeks information on the level of U.S.
and foreign content in U.S. exports
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in the identified transformational export areas.
DATES: Comments are due on May 14, 2021
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments on this transaction
electronically on www.regulations.gov. To submit a comment, enter
``Information Request on U.S. and Foreign Content in Transformational
Exports'' under the heading ``Enter Keyword or ID'' and select Search.
Follow the instructions provided at the Submit a Comment screen. Please
include your name, company name (if any) and ``Information Request on
U.S. and Foreign Content in Transformational Exports'' on any attached
document. Comments can also be sent by email or mail to Scott Condren,
[email protected], Export-Import Bank of the United States, 811
Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20571.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information,
please contact Scott Condren, [email protected], 202-565-4277.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 17th, 2020, the Board of Directors of EXIM approved new
content principles for ten congressionally defined transformational
areas as part of the Program on China and Transformation Exports
(PCTE). Under the new principles, full EXIM support is available for
eligible transformational export transactions having a U.S content
level of 51% or more, down from the previous level of 85% for medium
and long-term transactions. The principles also allows EXIM to consider
full support for transactions with less than 51% U.S. content if
certain pre-requisites are met, including the exporter providing an
acceptable actionable written plan to increase U.S. based jobs in the
next 3-5 years and at least one of seven factors being applicable to
the transaction. Finally, the Board also made Chinese content
presumptively ineligible for transactions financed under the
transformational exports content policy, as well as providing for
incentives to maximize U.S. content.
A narrow implementation of the transformational export area
principles would limit EXIM's support of foreign content to what is
currently called ``eligible foreign content,'' or foreign content that
is included in a U.S. export contract and shipped from the United
States. Furthermore, for financings covered by the new principles, all
Chinese content would be considered ``ineligible foreign content,''
meaning the dollar value would be subtracted from the value of the U.S.
export contract that EXIM is financing.
A more expansive implementation would allow for EXIM to support
goods in a U.S. exporter's contract (including those supplied by
foreign subsidiaries and sub-suppliers) that ship directly from a third
country to a foreign buyer. While supporting such shipments raises the
question about the feasibility of applying EXIM's current U.S. flag
shipping policy to such exports, first and foremost, EXIM wants to
ensure that any expansion of the types of foreign content supported
results in more U.S. jobs, as supporting U.S. jobs remains the core
purpose of EXIM.
Current guidance is the new principles allow up to 49% of eligible
foreign content in transformational exports transactions, based on the
percentage of U.S. content in shipments from the United States.
Transactions with more than 49% eligible foreign content may be
eligible if the previously mentioned pre-requisites are met.
For reference, EXIM currently uses the following terms and
definitions for transformational exports:
U.S. content: U.S. content includes U.S. labor, material costs,
direct overhead, profit, mark-up, indirect overheard and costs (R&D,
sales and marketing, etc.), and all other costs incurred in the
United States. The U.S. content in an export is therefore generally
found by subtracting the cost of foreign inputs from the U.S.
export's price, rather than identifying and quantifying the amount
of each U.S. input.
Eligible foreign content: foreign content in the export contract
that is incorporated in the U.S. exports and/or ships from the
United States.
Ineligible foreign content: foreign content in an export
contract that does not ship from the United States. For purposes of
the content policy applicable to transformational exports, it also
includes Chinese content shipped from either the United States or
elsewhere.
For example, a U.S. electric vehicle (included in the energy
efficiency transformational areas) is manufactured in the United
States, but the vehicle's tires are manufactured in Mexico. U.S.
content in the vehicle would be sales price of the vehicle minus the
cost of the tires. The tires installed in the United States would be
eligible foreign content and included in EXIM's financing as long as
they were no more than 49% of the value of the car. If the foreign
buyer also bought spare tires, which shipped directly from Mexico to
the foreign buyer, such spares would be considered ineligible foreign
content, and thus not receive EXIM financing. If such tires were
shipped by U.S. exporter from the U.S., however, they would be
considered eligible foreign content.
This notice requests comments and information from the public
regarding how EXIM can continue implementing this program in a way that
supports EXIM's charter and American job creation. Specifically, EXIM
welcomes feedback that assists EXIM in:
Estimating the average annual value of U.S. exports in
each of the ten transformational areas that could potentially need EXIM
support over the next 5 years.
Estimating the average/typical percent of U.S. content in
the supply chain of each of the ten areas, with (if less than 85%
percent U.S. content) commentary as to why.
Estimating the average/typical percent of foreign content
in each area for which it is infeasible to bring it through the U.S.
prior to shipping to the final buyer, with (if more than 0% foreign
content) commentary as to why.
Estimating the average/typical percent of foreign content
for each area that is from China, with (if more than 0% Chinese
content) commentary on the relative ease/difficulty to source that
content from a non-Chinese entity.
Evaluating the availability, typical timing and cost
implications of requiring U.S. shipping for foreign-port-of-origin
shipments from a third country to the buyer/borrower via ocean
transport.
Evaluating the typical timing and cost implications of
prohibiting Chinese shipping for any foreign-port-of-origin shipments
from a third country to the buyer/borrower.
Written Comments
EXIM is interested in comments and information related to the
ability of EXIM's new content policy to be successful in supporting
exporters competing with the People's Republic of China. The
congressionally defined transformational export areas are:
Artificial intelligence.
Biotechnology.
Biomedical sciences.
Wireless communications equipment (including 5G or
subsequent wireless technologies).
Quantum computing.
Renewable energy, energy efficiency, and energy storage.
Semiconductor and semiconductor machinery manufacturing.
Emerging financial technologies (including technologies
that facilitate financial inclusion through increased access to capital
and financial services; data security and privacy; payments, the
transfer of funds, and associated
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messaging services; and efforts to combat money laundering and the
financing of terrorism).
Water treatment and sanitation (including technologies and
infrastructure to reduce contaminants and improve water quality).
High-performance computing;
Associated services necessary for use of any of the
foregoing exports.
EXIM requests respondents to be explicit as to which
transformational area they are addressing. Exporters should identify
whether they are an exporter of a transformational technology, or if
company exports products or services used by a transformational area,
as well as specifying the relevant transformational area. Please
indicate, where applicable, whether your response applies to foreign
content shipped from the U.S., U.S. content shipped from a foreign
port, and/or foreign content shipped from a foreign port. EXIM would
appreciate commentary on:
1. Average U.S. exports over the last five years and expected
U.S. export values over the next five years.
a. To the extent export sales have been falling or expected to
fall, please explain why.
2. A description of the current supply chain in your industry/
company, including:
a. The percent of foreign content included in your exports/
export contracts.
b. of the foreign content, the percent from the People's
Republic of China in your exports/export contracts.
3. The importance, if any, in supporting foreign content shipped
directly from other countries to foreign buyers.
4. Why such foreign content is unable to be sourced from the
United States or to be incorporated into products in the United
States.
5. The timing and cost implications of requiring U.S. shipping
for shipments from foreign ports directly to the buyer.
6. The feasibility of an EXIM prohibition on covering content
from the People's Republic of China.
a. including the impact of prohibiting use of shipping from the
People's Republic of China.
EXIM encourages respondents, when addressing the points above, to
identify which point they are responding to by using the same numbers
and heading as set forth above. For example, a respondent submitting
comments responsive to (2), ``Description of current supply chain in
your industry/company'', would use that same text as a heading followed
by the respondent's specific comments responding to it. This formatting
will assist EXIM in more easily reviewing and summarizing the comments
received in response to these specific points of inquiry.
Scott Condren,
Sr. Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and International
Relations.
[FR Doc. 2021-08418 Filed 4-22-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6690-01-P
