80_FR_12504 80 FR 12459 - BE-30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers

80 FR 12459 - BE-30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 45 (March 9, 2015)

Page Range12459-12459
FR Document2015-05342

By this notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers (BE-30). This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12459]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05342]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

[Docket No. 150128085-5085-01]
RIN 0691-XC033


BE-30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and Foreign 
Expenses of United States Carriers

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of reporting requirements.

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SUMMARY: By this notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), 
Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting a 
mandatory survey titled Quarterly Survey of Ocean Freight Revenues and 
Foreign Expenses of United States Carriers (BE-30). This survey is 
authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey 
Act.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice constitutes legal notification 
to all United States persons (defined below) who meet the reporting 
requirements set forth in this Notice that they must respond to, and 
comply with, the survey. Reports are due 45 days after the end of each 
calendar quarter. This notice is being issued in conformance with the 
rule BEA issued in 2012 (77 FR 24373) establishing guidelines for 
collecting data on international trade in services and direct 
investment through notices, rather than through rulemaking. Additional 
information about BEA's collection of data on international trade in 
services and direct investment can be found in the 2012 rule, the 
International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 
3101 et seq.), and 15 CFR part 801. Survey data on international trade 
in services and direct investment that are not collected pursuant to 
the 2012 rule are described separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE-30 
survey forms and instructions are available on the BEA Web site at 
www.bea.gov/ssb.

Definitions

    (a) Person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated 
group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization 
(whether or not organized under the laws of any State), and any 
government (including a foreign government, the United States 
Government, a State or local government, and any agency, corporation, 
financial institution, or other entity or instrumentality thereof, 
including a government-sponsored agency).
    (b) United States person means any person resident in the United 
States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
    (c) United States, when used in a geographic sense, means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
all territories and possessions of the United States.
    (d) Foreign person means any person resident outside the United 
States or subject to the jurisdiction of a country other than the 
United States.

Reporting

    Who Must Report: (a) Reports are required from each U.S. person 
whose total covered revenues or total covered expenses were $500,000 or 
more during the previous year, or are expected to be $500,000 or more 
during the current year.
    (b) Entities required to report will be contacted individually by 
BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA have no reporting responsibilities.
    What To Report: The survey collects information on U.S. ocean 
freight carriers' foreign revenues and expenses.
    How To Report: Reports can be filed using BEA's electronic 
reporting system at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the survey forms and 
instructions, which contain complete information on reporting 
procedures and definitions, may be obtained at the BEA Web site given 
above. Form BE-30 inquiries can be made by phone to BEA at (202) 606-
5588 or by sending an email to be30help@bea.gov.
    When To Report: Reports are due to BEA 45 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter.

Paperwork Reduction Act Notice

    This data collection has been approved by the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and 
assigned control number 0608-0011. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by OMB. 
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated 
to average 4 hours per response. Send comments regarding this burden 
estimate to Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis (BE-1), U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; and to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 0608-0011, 
Washington, DC 20503.

    Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108.

Brian C. Moyer,
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2015-05342 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Notices 12459 Notifications SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This not contacted by BEA have no reporting This notice serves as a final reminder notice constitutes legal notification to responsibilities. all United States persons (defined What To Report: The survey collects to importers of their responsibility below) who meet the reporting information on U.S. ocean freight under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a requirements set forth in this Notice that carriers’ foreign revenues and expenses. certificate regarding the reimbursement How To Report: Reports can be filed of antidumping duties prior to they must respond to, and comply with, the survey. Reports are due 45 days after using BEA’s electronic reporting system liquidation of the relevant entries at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the during this review period. Failure to the end of each calendar quarter. This notice is being issued in conformance survey forms and instructions, which comply with this requirement could contain complete information on result in the Department’s presumption with the rule BEA issued in 2012 (77 FR 24373) establishing guidelines for reporting procedures and definitions, that reimbursement of the antidumping may be obtained at the BEA Web site duties occurred and the subsequent collecting data on international trade in services and direct investment through given above. Form BE–30 inquiries can assessment of doubled antidumping be made by phone to BEA at (202) 606– duties. notices, rather than through rulemaking. Additional information about BEA’s 5588 or by sending an email to This notice also serves as a final be30help@bea.gov. reminder to parties subject to collection of data on international trade in services and direct investment can be When To Report: Reports are due to administrative protective order (‘‘APO’’) BEA 45 days after the end of each of their responsibility concerning the found in the 2012 rule, the International Investment and Trade in Services calendar quarter. return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and Paperwork Reduction Act Notice accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which 15 CFR part 801. Survey data on international trade in services and direct This data collection has been continues to govern business approved by the Office of Management proprietary information in this segment investment that are not collected pursuant to the 2012 rule are described and Budget (OMB) in accordance with of the proceeding. Timely written the Paperwork Reduction Act and notification of the return/destruction of separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE– 30 survey forms and instructions are assigned control number 0608–0011. An APO materials or conversion to judicial agency may not conduct or sponsor, and protective order is hereby requested. available on the BEA Web site at www.bea.gov/ssb. a person is not required to respond to, Failure to comply with the regulations a collection of information unless it and terms of an APO is a violation Definitions displays a valid control number which is subject to sanction. assigned by OMB. Public reporting This notice is issued and published in (a) Person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated group, burden for this collection of information accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and is estimated to average 4 hours per 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization (whether or not response. Send comments regarding this amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). burden estimate to Director, Bureau of organized under the laws of any State), Dated: February 26, 2015. and any government (including a Economic Analysis (BE–1), U.S. Christian Marsh, foreign government, the United States Department of Commerce, Washington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping Government, a State or local DC 20230; and to the Office of and Countervailing Duty Operations. government, and any agency, Management and Budget, Paperwork [FR Doc. 2015–05469 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] corporation, financial institution, or Reduction Project 0608–0011, BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P other entity or instrumentality thereof, Washington, DC 20503. including a government-sponsored Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108. agency). Brian C. Moyer, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (b) United States person means any Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. person resident in the United States or Bureau of Economic Analysis subject to the jurisdiction of the United [FR Doc. 2015–05342 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P [Docket No. 150128085–5085–01] States. (c) United States, when used in a RIN 0691–XC033 geographic sense, means the 50 States, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the District of Columbia, the BE–30: Quarterly Survey of Ocean Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and all Freight Revenues and Foreign Bureau of Economic Analysis territories and possessions of the United Expenses of United States Carriers States. [Docket No. 150126075–5075–01] AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, (d) Foreign person means any person RIN 0691–XC029 Commerce. resident outside the United States or subject to the jurisdiction of a country BE–15: Annual Survey of Foreign ACTION: Notice of reporting other than the United States. 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Document Modified: 2015-12-18 12:05:38
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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of reporting requirements.
FR Citation80 FR 12459 
RIN Number0691-XC03
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