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[Federal Register: November 1, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 210)]

[Notices]

[Page 63367-63368]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

[DOCID:fr01no04-43]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review,

Application No. 04-00002.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an Export Trade

Certificate of Review to the Export Trade Association of the Americas

(``ETAA''). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification

has been granted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export

Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, by

telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number), or by E-

mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act

of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4011-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to

issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations implementing

Title III are found at 15 CFR Part 325 (2004).

Export Trading Company Affairs is issuing this notice pursuant to

15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department of Commerce to publish a

summary of the Certification in the Federal Register. Under Section

305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by the

Secretary's determination may, within 30 days of the date of this

notice, bring an action in any appropriate district court of the United

States to set aside the determination on the ground that the

determination is erroneous.

Description of Certified Conduct

I. Export Trade

A. Products

Fresh tree fruits, primarily apples.

B. Technology Rights

Technology Rights, including, but not limited to, patents,

trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets owned and/or controlled by

ETAA and Members that relate to Products.

C. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of

Products, and Technology Rights)

All export trade-related services, including, but not limited to,

professional services and assistance relating to: government relations;

state and federal export programs; foreign trade and business protocol;

consulting; international market research and analysis; collection of

information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint

ventures; brokering; handling; export management; export licensing;

patent and trademark licensing; common marking and identification;

advertising and sales promotion; communication and processing of

foreign orders to and for Members; trade documentation and services

related to compliance with customs requirements; insurance and

financing; trade show exhibitions; organizational development;

management and labor strategies; transfer of technology; transportation

services, including shipping and warehousing; the formation of

shippers' associations; legal assistance; foreign exchange and taking

title to goods.

II. Export Markets

The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United

States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American

Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).

III. Members (Within the Meaning of Section 325.2(l) of the

Regulations)

E. W. Brandt & Sons, Inc., Wapato, Washington; and ETAA

Distributing, LLC, Wapato, Washington.

IV. Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation

With respect to the export sale of fresh tree fruits, the licensing

of Technology Rights, and the provision of Export Trade Facilitation

Services, ETAA and/or one or more Members may:

1. Participate in negotiations and enter into agreements with

foreign buyers (including governments and private persons) regarding:

(a) The quantities, time periods, prices, and terms and conditions,

in connection with actual or potential bona fide export opportunities;

(b) non-tariff trade barriers in the Export Markets; and

the Products.

2. Advise and cooperate with the United States and foreign

governments in:

(a) Establishing procedures pertaining to the regulating of the

export of the Member's Products. For example: Quantity standards,

marketing orders, and the imposition and lifting of tariffs; and

(b) Fulfilling the phytosanitary, quality and/or funding

requirements pertaining to the export of the Member's Products. For

example: Tariffs, weighing fees and inspections imposed by foreign

governments.

3. Allocate export sales among Members in connection with actual or

potential bona fide export opportunities.

4. Agree on quantities of Products to be sold.

5. Allocate geographic areas or countries in Export Markets and/or

customers in Export Markets among Members.

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6. Conduct marketing, promotion and distribution of fresh tree

fruits in Export Markets.

7. Conduct quality control studies and inspections of goods for

export at point of shipment, point of arrival, and through the retail

level in Export Markets.

8. Negotiate and enter into agreements, whether or not exclusive,

with providers of Export Trade Facilitation Services for the export of

Products.

9. Establish and operate fumigation facilities and administer

phytosanitary protocols to qualify the Products for Export Markets.

10. Operate foreign offices and companies to facilitate the sale

and distribution of fresh tree fruits in Export Markets.

11. Recover administrative expenses and costs through fees and

assessments allocated to each Member on a pro rata share basis or any

other non-discriminatory method. Any Member objecting to the method of

allocating expenses and costs will be charged based on actual expenses

incurred.

12. Products to be exported will be primarily supplied by the ETAA

and Members, with instances of Products supplied from non-Member

entities. For example: To fill export sales orders, contracts and spot

sales, as required.

13. ETAA and Members may exchange and discuss information on the

following:

(a) Information about sales and marketing efforts for the Export

Markets, activities and opportunities for sales of fresh tree fruits in

the Export Markets, selling strategies for the Export Markets, sales

for the Export Markets, contract and spot pricing in the Export

Markets, projected demands in Export Markets for fresh tree fruits,

customary terms of sale in the Export Markets, prices and availability

of fresh tree fruits from competitors for sale in the Export Markets,

and specifications for fresh tree fruits by customers in the Export

Markets;

(b) Information about the export price, quality, quantity, source,

and delivery dates of fresh tree fruits available from the Members to

export;

the Export Markets to be considered and/or bid on by ETAA and Members;

(d) Information about joint bidding or selling arrangements for the

Export Markets and allocations of sales resulting from such

arrangements among the Members;

(e) Information about expenses specific to exporting to and within

the Export Markets, including without limitation, transportation,

trans- or intermodal shipments, insurance, in-land freights to port,

port storage, commissions, export sales, documentation, financing,

customs duties and taxes;

(f) Information about United States and foreign legislation and

regulations, including Federal marketing order programs that may affect

sales for the Export Markets;

(g) Information about ETAA or Members' export operations, including

without limitation, sales and distribution networks established by ETAA

or Members in the Export Markets, and prior export sales by Members

(including export price information);

(h) Exchange information with and among the Members as necessary to

carry out the Export Trade Facilitation Services, Export Trade

Activities and Methods of Operation; and

(i) Information about export customer credit terms and credit

history.

A copy of this certificate will be kept in the International Trade

Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility,

Room 4001, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: October 26, 2004.

Jeffrey Anspacher,

Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.

[FR Doc. E4-2943 Filed 10-29-04; 8:45 am]

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