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The Export Trade Certificate of Review Program - The Competitive Edge for U.S. Exporters
[Federal Register: November 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 228)]
[Notices]
[Page 69358-69359]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr29no04-25]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of
Review.
SUMMARY: Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, has received an
application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review
(Certificate). This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (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. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. An Export Trade Certificate
of Review protects the holder and the members identified in the
Certificate from State and Federal Government antitrust actions and
from private, treble damage antitrust actions for the export conduct
specified in the Certificate and carried out in compliance with its
terms and conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the Export Trading Company
Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a
notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and
summarizing its proposed export conduct.
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the
determination whether an amended Certificate should be issued. If the
comments include any privileged or confidential business information,
it must be clearly marked and a nonconfidential version of the comments
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be
nonconfidential. An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies
of the nonconfidential version, should be submitted no later than 20
days after the date of this notice to: Export Trading Company Affairs,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room
1104H, Washington, DC 20230, or transmit by e-mail at
oetca@ita.doc.gov. Information submitted by any person is exempt from
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
However, nonconfidential versions of the comments will be made
available to the applicant if necessary for determining whether or not
to issue the Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as
``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 97-8A003.''
The original Certificate for the Association for the Administration
of Rice Quotas, Inc., was issued on January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4220,
January 28, 1998).
[[Page 69359]]
The Certificate has been amended seven times. The last amendment was
issued on March 3, 2004 (69 FR 12831, March 18, 2004). A summary of the
current application for an amendment follows.
Summary of the Application
Applicant: Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc.
(AARQ), c/o Dickie Hollier of The Connell Company, One Connell Drive,
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922.
Contact: M. Jean Anderson, Esq., Counsel to Applicant, Telephone:
(202) 682-7217.
Application No.: 97-8A003.
Date Deemed Submitted: November 17, 2004.
Proposed Amendment: AARQ seeks to amend its Certificate to reflect
the following name, address, corporate changes and deletions of
Members:
1. ``American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas'' should be amended to
read ``American Rice, Inc., Houston Texas (a subsidiary of SOS Cuetara
USA, Inc.)'' due to a corporate acquisition. ``Kitoku America, Inc.,
Davis, California (a subsidiary of Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd.)'' should
be amended to read ``Kitoku America, Inc., Burlingame, California (a
subsidiary of Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd. (Japan))'' due to an address
change. ``Mermentau Rice, Inc., Mermentau, Louisiana'' should be
amended to read ``Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, Mermentau, Louisiana'' due
to a corporate name change. ``Newfieldrice, Inc., Miami, Florida''
should be amended to read ``Newfieldrice, Inc., Miramar, Florida'' due
to an address change. ``Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd., Los Angeles,
California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan))''
should be amended to read ``Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd., Santa Fe
Springs, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd.
(Japan))'' due to an address change. ``Riviana Foods, Inc. Houston,
Texas'' should be amended to read ``Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas
(a subsidiary of Ebro Puleva, S.A. (Spain))'' due to a corporate
acquisition.
2. Delete the following companies as Members of the Certificate:
``ACH Food Companies, Inc., Cordova, Tennessee,'' and ``KD
International Trading, Inc., Stockton, California (a subsidiary of
Sunshine Business Enterprises, Inc.).''
Dated: November 22, 2004.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E4-3351 Filed 11-26-04; 8:45 am]
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