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mandated by Congress to broaden and
deepen the U.S. exporter base. The CS
accomplishes this by providing
counseling, programs and services to
help U.S. organizations export and
conduct business in overseas markets.
This information collection package
enables the CS to provide appropriate
export services to U.S. exporters and
international buyers. CS offers a variety
of services to enable clients to begin
exporting/importing or to expand
existing exporting/importing efforts.
Clients may learn about our services
from business related entities such as
the National Association of
Manufacturers, Federal Express, State
Economic Development offices, the
internet or word of mouth. The CS
provides a standard set of services to
assist clients with identifying potential
overseas partners, establishing meeting
programs with appropriate overseas
business contacts and providing due
diligence reports on potential overseas
business partners. The CS also provides
other export-related services considered
to be of a ‘‘customized nature’’ because
they do not fit into the standard set of
CS export services, but are driven by
unique business needs of individual
clients.
The dissemination of international
market information and potential
business opportunities for U.S.
exporters are critical components of the
Commercial Service’s export assistance
programs and services. U.S. companies
conveniently access and indicate their
interest in these services by completing
the appropriate forms via ITA and CS
U.S. Export Assistance Center websites.
The CS works closely with clients to
educate them about the exporting/
importing process and to help prepare
them for exporting/importing. When a
client is ready to begin the exporting/
importing process our field staff provide
counseling to assist in the development
of an exporting strategy. We provide feebased, export-related services designed
to help client export/import. The type of
export-related service that is proposed
to a client depends upon a client’s
business goals and where they are in the
export/import process. Some clients are
at the beginning of the export process
and require assistance with identifying
potential distributors, whereas other
clients may be ready to sign a contract
with a potential distributor and require
due diligence assistance. Before the CS
can provide export-related services to
clients, such as assistance with
identifying potential partners or
providing due diligence, specific
information is required to determine the
client’s business objectives and needs.
For example, before we can provide a
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service to identify potential business
partners we need to know whether the
client would like a potential partner to
have specific technical qualifications,
coverage in a specific market, English or
foreign language ability or warehousing
requirements. This information
collection is designed to elicit such data
so that appropriate services can be
proposed and conducted to most
effectively meet the client’s exporting
goals. Without these forms the CS is
unable to provide services when
requested by clients.
The forms ask U.S. exporters standard
questions about their company details,
export experience, information about
the products or services they wish to
export and exporting goals. A few
questions are tailored to a specific
program type and will vary slightly with
each program. CS staff use this
information to gain an understanding of
client’s needs and objectives so that
they can provide appropriate and
effective export assistance tailored to an
exporter’s requirements.
II. Method of Collection
CS is seeking approval for the
following data collection methods to
provide flexibility for how clients will
provide information about their
company details, export experience,
information about the products or
services they wish to export and
exporting goals. Clients will be asked to
provide their information on our
website (export.gov), web-based survey
or form links, or paper-based forms.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0143.
Form Number(s): ITA–4096P.
Type of Review: Extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; and Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 33,333 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
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methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Surveys for User
Satisfaction, Impact and Needs
U.S. Commercial Service,
International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection, request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments by
SUMMARY:
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mail to John Seo, Senior Economist,
International Trade Administration,
1401 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20230, or by email to
john.seo@trade.gov or PRAcomments@
doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 0625–0275 in the subject line of
your comments. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to John Seo (john.seo@
trade.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The International Trade
Administration provides a multitude of
international trade related programs to
help U.S. businesses. These programs
include information products, services,
and trade events. To accomplish its
mission effectively, ITA needs ongoing
feedback on its programs. This
information collection item allows ITA
to solicit clients’ opinions about the use
of ITA products, services, and trade
events. To promote optimal use and
provide focused and effective
improvements to ITA programs, we are
requesting approval for this clearance
package; including: Use of Comment
Cards (i.e., transactional-based surveys)
to collect feedback immediately after
ITA assistance is provided to clients;
use of annual surveys (i.e., relationshipbased surveys) to gauge overall
satisfaction, impact and needs for
clients with ITA assistance provided
over a period time; use of multiple data
collection methods (i.e., web-enabled
surveys sent via email, telephone
interviews, automated telephone
surveys, and in-person surveys via
mobile devices/laptops/tablets at trade
events/shows) to enable clients to
conveniently respond to requests for
feedback; and a forecast of burden
hours. Without this information, ITA is
unable to systematically determine the
actual and relative levels of performance
for its programs and products/services
and to provide clear, actionable insights
for managerial intervention. This
information will be used for program
evaluation and improvement, strategic
planning, allocation of resources and
stakeholder reporting.
II. Method of Collection
The International Trade
Administration is seeking approval for
the following data collection methods to
provide flexibility in conducting
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customer satisfaction surveys and to
reduce the burden on respondents: (1)
An email message delivering a hot link
to a web enabled survey with an email
reminder sent if the client does not
respond to the survey within two weeks;
(2) a telephone survey/interview; and
(3) a web-enabled survey conducted inperson at trade shows/events via a
laptop, tablet or mobile phone so
participants can immediately respond
without having to provide their email
address.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0275.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a current
information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local, or Tribal
government; and Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 25,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $754,651.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Public Law 15 U.S.C.
et seq. and 15 U.S.C. 171 et seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–14298 Filed 7–2–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–821–830]
Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin
From the Russian Federation:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination and Alignment of
Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that countervailable subsidies are being
provided to producers and exporters of
granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
resin from the Russian Federation
(Russia). The period of investigation is
January 1, 2020, through December 31,
2020. Interested parties are invited to
comment on this preliminary
determination.
DATES: Applicable July 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George Ayache or Joseph Dowling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2623 or
(202) 482–1646, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
This preliminary determination is
made in accordance with section 703(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Commerce published the
notice of initiation of this investigation
on February 23, 2021.1 On March 19,
2021, Commerce postponed the
preliminary determination of this
investigation and the revised deadline is
now June 28, 2021.2 For a complete
description of the events that followed
1 See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from
India and the Russian Federation: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 86 FR 10931
(February 23, 2021) (Initiation Notice).
2 See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from
India and the Russian Federation: Postponement of
Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing
Duty Investigations, 86 FR 14871 (March 19, 2021).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Surveys for User Satisfaction, Impact and Needs
AGENCY: U.S. Commercial Service, International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments by
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mail to John Seo, Senior Economist, International Trade Administration,
1401 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20230, or by email to
[email protected] or [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control
Number 0625-0275 in the subject line of your comments. Do not submit
Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to John Seo ([email protected]).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The International Trade Administration provides a multitude of
international trade related programs to help U.S. businesses. These
programs include information products, services, and trade events. To
accomplish its mission effectively, ITA needs ongoing feedback on its
programs. This information collection item allows ITA to solicit
clients' opinions about the use of ITA products, services, and trade
events. To promote optimal use and provide focused and effective
improvements to ITA programs, we are requesting approval for this
clearance package; including: Use of Comment Cards (i.e.,
transactional-based surveys) to collect feedback immediately after ITA
assistance is provided to clients; use of annual surveys (i.e.,
relationship-based surveys) to gauge overall satisfaction, impact and
needs for clients with ITA assistance provided over a period time; use
of multiple data collection methods (i.e., web-enabled surveys sent via
email, telephone interviews, automated telephone surveys, and in-person
surveys via mobile devices/laptops/tablets at trade events/shows) to
enable clients to conveniently respond to requests for feedback; and a
forecast of burden hours. Without this information, ITA is unable to
systematically determine the actual and relative levels of performance
for its programs and products/services and to provide clear, actionable
insights for managerial intervention. This information will be used for
program evaluation and improvement, strategic planning, allocation of
resources and stakeholder reporting.
II. Method of Collection
The International Trade Administration is seeking approval for the
following data collection methods to provide flexibility in conducting
customer satisfaction surveys and to reduce the burden on respondents:
(1) An email message delivering a hot link to a web enabled survey with
an email reminder sent if the client does not respond to the survey
within two weeks; (2) a telephone survey/interview; and (3) a web-
enabled survey conducted in-person at trade shows/events via a laptop,
tablet or mobile phone so participants can immediately respond without
having to provide their email address.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0275.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a current information collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; Not-
for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal government; and
Federal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 25,000 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $754,651.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Public Law 15 U.S.C. et seq. and 15 U.S.C. 171 et
seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau
to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether
the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy
of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed
collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden
on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-14298 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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