[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38549-38550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16078]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-345]
Recent Trends in U.S. Services Trade, 2011 Annual Report
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Schedule for 2011 report and opportunity to submit information;
availability of 2010 report.
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SUMMARY: The Commission has prepared and published annual reports in
this series under investigation No. 332-345 since 1996. The 2010 report
is now available from the Commission online and in CD and printed form.
The 2011 report, which the Commission plans to publish in June 2011,
will cover cross-border trade for the period ending in 2009 and
transactions by affiliates based outside the country of their parent
firm for the period ending in 2008. The Commission is inviting
interested members of the public to furnish information in connection
with the 2011 report.
DATES:
October 12, 2010: Deadline for filing written submissions of
information to the Commission.
June 30, 2011: Anticipated date for publishing the report.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are located in the United States
International Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street, SW., Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be addressed to the Secretary,
United States International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. The public record for this investigation may be
viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov/edis3-internal/app.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Samantha Brady (202-
205-3459 or [email protected]) or Services Division Chief
Richard Brown (202-205-3438 or [email protected]) for information
specific to this investigation. For information on the legal aspects of
these investigations, contact William Gearhart of the Commission's
Office of the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or
[email protected]). The media should contact Margaret
O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations (202-205-1819 or
[email protected]). Hearing-impaired individuals may obtain
information on this matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal
at 202-205-1810. General information concerning the Commission may also
be obtained by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).
Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in
gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the
Secretary at 202-205-2000.
BACKGROUND: Under this 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 is now available online at http://www.usitc.gov; it is
also available in CD and printed form from 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 during the latest period for which data are published
by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (for
the 2011 report, data for the periods described above). The 2011 report
will focus on selected business and professional services, alternating
with the focus of the 2010 report on infrastructure services.
Written Submissions: Interested parties are invited to submit
written statements and other information
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concerning the matters to be addressed by the Commission in its report
on this investigation. Submissions should be addressed to the
Secretary. To be assured of consideration by the Commission, written
submissions related to the Commission's report should be submitted at
the earliest practical date and should be received not later than 5:15
p.m., October 12, 2010. 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 requires that a signed original
(or a copy so designated) and fourteen (14) copies of each document be
filed. In the event that confidential treatment of a document is
requested, at 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 authorize filing submissions with
the Secretary by facsimile or electronic means only to the extent
permitted by section 201.8 of the rules (see Handbook for Electronic
Filing Procedures, http://www.usitc.gov/secretary/fed_reg_notices/rules/documents/handbook_on_electronic_filing.pdf). Persons with
questions regarding electronic filing should contact the Secretary
(202-205-2000).
Any submissions that contain confidential business information
(CBI) 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 for inspection by interested
parties.
The Commission intends to prepare only a public report in this
investigation. The report that the Commission makes available to the
public will not contain confidential business information. Any
confidential business information received by the Commission in this
investigation and used in preparing the report will not be published in
a manner that would reveal the operations of the firm supplying the
information.
Issued: June 28, 2010.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
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