[Federal Register: September 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 183)]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-345]
Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2006 Annual Report
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Scheduling of 2006 report on Recent Trends in U.S. Services
Trade and opportunity for the public to submit information.
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SUMMARY: The International Trade Commission (ITC) has prepared and
published annual reports in this series under investigation No. 332-345
since 1996 (Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade). The 2006 report,
which the Commission plans to publish in June 2006, will cover cross-
border trade for the period ending in 2004 and transactions by
affiliates based outside the country of their parent firm for the
period ending in 2003. The Commission is inviting interested members of
the public to furnish information in connection with the 2006 report.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the report may be
directed to the project leader, Eric Forden, Office of Industries (202-
205-3235; eric.forden@usitc.gov) or to Richard Brown, Office of
Industries
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(202-205-3438; richard.brown@usitc.gov). For information on legal
aspects, please contact William Gearhart, Office of General Counsel
(202-205-3091; william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media should contact
Margaret O'Laughlin, Public Affairs Officer (202-205-1819;
margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov). Hearing impaired individuals are advised
that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the TDD
terminal on 202-205-1810. Inquiries or suggestions from the public
regarding the report are welcome and should be directed to the Office
of the Secretary at 202-205-2000; written inquiries should be addressed
to the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20436. General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server http://www.usitc.gov.
The public record for this investigation may be viewed
on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS-ON-LINE) at http://edis.usitc.gov
.
Background: Under the investigation, the Commission publishes two
annual reports, one on services trade (Recent Trends in U.S. Services
Trade), and a second on merchandise trade (Shifts in U.S. Merchandise
Trade). The latest version of the Commission's Recent Trends in U.S.
Services Trade was published in June 2004 and may be obtained from the
ITC's Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov); no report was published
in 2005. A printed report may be requested by contacting the Office of
the Secretary at 202-205-2000 or by fax at 202-205-2104.
The initial notice of institution of this investigation was
published in the Federal Register on September 8, 1993 (58 FR 47287)
and provided for what is now the report on merchandise trade. The
Commission expanded the scope of the investigation to cover services
trade in a separate report, which it announced in a notice published in
the Federal Register of December 28, 1994 (59 FR 66974). The separate
report on services trade has been published annually since 1996, except
in 2005. As in past years, the report will summarize trade in services
in the aggregate and provide analyses of trends and developments in
selected services industries during the latest period for which data
are published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis (for the 2006 report, data for the period described above).
Written Submissions: The Commission does not plan to hold a public
hearing in connection with preparation of the 2006 report. However,
interested persons are invited to submit written statements containing
data and other information concerning the matters to be addressed in
the reports. All submissions should be addressed to the Secretary,
United States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, and should be received no later than the close of
business on October 28, 2005. All written submissions must conform with
the provisions of section 201.8 of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8). Section 201.8 of the rules requires that
a signed original (or a copy designated as an original) and fourteen
(14) copies of each document be filed. In the event that confidential
treatment of the document is requested, as least four (4) additional
copies must be filed, in which the confidential information must be
deleted (see the following paragraph for further information regarding
confidential business information). The Commission's rules do not
authorize filing submissions with the Secretary by facsimile or
electronic means, except to the extent permitted by section 201.8 of
the rules (see Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, ftp://ftp.usitc.gov/pub/reports/electronic_filing_handbook.pdf
).
Any submissions that contain confidential business information must
also conform with the requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the
rules requires that the cover of the document and the individual pages
be clearly marked as to whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non-
confidential'' version, and that the confidential business information
be clearly identified by means of brackets. All written submissions,
except for confidential business information, will be made available in
the Office of the Secretary to the Commission for inspection by
interested parties. The Commission plans to make the 2006 report
available to the public in its entirety; it will not publish such
confidential business information in its report in a manner that would
reveal the operations of the firm supplying the information.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: September 16, 2005.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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