83_FR_14478 83 FR 14413 - BE-11: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

83 FR 14413 - BE-11: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 65 (April 4, 2018)

Page Range14413-14414
FR Document2018-06907

By this Notice, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce, is informing the public that it is conducting the mandatory survey titled Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (BE-11). The data collected through the BE-11 survey are needed to measure the size and economic significance of U.S. direct investment abroad and its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. This survey is authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey Act.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14413-14414]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06907]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Economic Analysis

[Docket No. 180125074-8074-01]
RIN 0691-XC072


BE-11: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

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 
the mandatory survey titled Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 
Abroad (BE-11). The data collected through the BE-11 survey are needed 
to measure the size and economic significance of U.S. direct investment 
abroad and its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. This survey is 
authorized by the International Investment and Trade in Services Survey 
Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ricardo Lim[eacute]s, Chief, 
Multinational Operations Branch (BE-49), Bureau of Economic Analysis, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 
20233; phone (301) 278-9659; or via email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  BEA publishes the reporting requirements 
for the BE-11 survey form. As noted below, all entities required to 
respond to this mandatory survey will be contacted by BEA. A completed 
report covering the entity's fiscal year ending during the previous 
calendar year is due by May 31. This Notice is being issued in 
conformance with the rule BEA issued on April 24, 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

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pursuant to the 2012 rule are described separately in 15 CFR part 801. 
The BE-11 survey forms and instructions are available at www.bea.gov/dia.

Reporting

    Notice of specific reporting requirements, including who is to 
report, the information to be reported, the manner of reporting, and 
the time and place of filing reports, will be mailed to those required 
to complete this survey.
    Who Must Report: (a) Reports are required from each U.S. person 
that has a direct and/or indirect ownership interest of at least 10 
percent of the voting stock in an incorporated foreign business 
enterprise, or an equivalent interest in an unincorporated foreign 
business enterprise, and that meets the additional conditions detailed 
in Form BE-11.
    (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 the operations 
of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates.
    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, can be downloaded from www.bea.gov/dia and 
submitted through mail or fax. Form BE-11 inquiries can be made by 
phone to (301) 278-9418 or by sending an email to be10/[email protected].
    When To Report: A completed report covering an entity's fiscal year 
ending during the previous calendar year is due by May 31.

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 0608-0053. 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. 
A complete response includes one BE-11A form (with an estimated average 
reporting burden of 7 hours) for reporting domestic operations and one 
or more BE-11B (12 hours), BE-11C (2 hours), or BE-10D (1 hour) forms 
for reporting foreign operations. Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average a total of 138 hours 
per complete response. Additional information regarding this burden 
estimate may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the Information 
Collection Review tab, click on ``Search'' and use the above OMB 
control number to search for the current survey instrument. Send 
comments regarding this burden estimate to Director, Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BE-1), U.S. Department of Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Rd., 
Washington, DC 20233; and to the Office of Management and Budget, 
Paperwork Reduction Project 0608-0053, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, 
DC 20503, or via email at [email protected].

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

Brian C. Moyer,
Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2018 / Notices 14413 in financial services and to analyze the purchases of covered financial services Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108 and 15 impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and from foreign persons that exceeded $15 U.S.C. 4908(b). foreign economies. This survey is million during the previous fiscal year, Brian C. Moyer, authorized by the International or are expected to exceed that amount Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Investment and Trade in Services during the current fiscal year. Because [FR Doc. 2018–06905 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] Survey Act and by Section 5408 of the the thresholds are applied separately to BILLING CODE 3510–06–P Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness sales and purchases, the reporting Act of 1988. requirements may apply only to sales, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: only to purchases, or to both. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Christopher Stein, Chief, Services (b) Entities required to report will be Surveys Branch (BE–50), Balance of Bureau of Economic Analysis contacted individually by BEA. Entities Payments Division, Bureau of Economic not contacted by BEA have no reporting [Docket No. 180125074–8074–01] Analysis, U.S. Department of responsibilities. RIN 0691–XC072 Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233; phone (301) What To Report: The survey collects 278–9189; or via email at information on transactions in the BE–11: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Christopher.Stein@bea.gov. covered financial services between U.S. Investment Abroad SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through financial services providers and foreign AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, this Notice, BEA publishes the reporting persons. Commerce. requirements for the BE–185 survey How To Report: Reports can be filed ACTION: Notice of reporting form. As noted below, all entities using BEA’s electronic reporting system requirements. required to respond to this mandatory at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the survey will be contacted by BEA. SUMMARY: By this Notice, the Bureau of survey forms and instructions, which Entities must submit the completed Economic Analysis (BEA), Department contain complete information on survey forms within 45 days after the of Commerce, is informing the public reporting procedures and definitions, that it is conducting the mandatory end of each fiscal quarter, except for the can be downloaded from www.bea.gov/ final quarter of the entity’s fiscal year survey titled Annual Survey of U.S. ssb and submitted through mail or fax. Direct Investment Abroad (BE–11). The when reports must be filed within 90 Form BE–185 inquiries can be made by days. This Notice is being issued in data collected through the BE–11 survey phone to BEA at (301) 278–9303 or by are needed to measure the size and conformance with the rule BEA issued sending an email to be-185help@ on April 24, 2012 (77 FR 24373), economic significance of U.S. direct bea.gov. investment abroad and its impact on the establishing guidelines for collecting data on international trade in services When To Report: Reports are due to U.S. and foreign economies. This survey and direct investment through notices, BEA 45 days after the end of each fiscal is authorized by the International rather than through rulemaking. quarter, except for the final quarter of Investment and Trade in Services Additional information about BEA’s the entity’s fiscal year when reports Survey Act. collection of data on international trade must be filed within 90 days. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: in services and direct investment can be Ricardo Limés, Chief, Multinational Paperwork Reduction Act Notice Operations Branch (BE–49), Bureau of found in the 2012 rule, the International Investment and Trade in Services This data collection has been Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Survey Act (22 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), and approved by the Office of Management Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Road, 15 CFR part 801, and by Section 5408 and Budget (OMB) in accordance with Washington, DC 20233; phone (301) of the Omnibus Trade and 278–9659; or via email at the Paperwork Reduction Act and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (Pub. L. Ricardo.Limes@bea.gov. assigned control number 0608–0065. An 100–418, 15 U.S.C. 4908(b)). Survey SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BEA agency may not conduct or sponsor, and data on international trade in services a person is not required to respond to, publishes the reporting requirements for and direct investment that are not the BE–11 survey form. As noted below, a collection of information unless it collected pursuant to the 2012 rule are all entities required to respond to this displays a valid control number described separately in 15 CFR part 801. mandatory survey will be contacted by assigned by OMB. Public reporting The BE–185 survey form and BEA. A completed report covering the burden for this collection of information entity’s fiscal year ending during the instructions are available at is estimated to average 10 hours per previous calendar year is due by May www.bea.gov/ssb. response. Additional information 31. This Notice is being issued in Reporting regarding this burden estimate may be conformance with the rule BEA issued Notice of specific reporting viewed at www.reginfo.gov; under the on April 24, 2012 (77 FR 24373), requirements, including who is to Information Collection Review tab, click establishing guidelines for collecting report, the information to be reported, on ‘‘Search’’ and use the above OMB data on international trade in services the manner of reporting, and the time control number to search for the current and direct investment through notices, and place of filing reports, will be survey instrument. Send comments rather than through rulemaking. mailed to those required to complete regarding this burden estimate to Additional information about BEA’s this survey. 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14414 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 65 / Wednesday, April 4, 2018 / Notices pursuant to the 2012 rule are described estimate may be viewed at DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE separately in 15 CFR part 801. The BE– www.reginfo.gov; under the Information 11 survey forms and instructions are Collection Review tab, click on Foreign-Trade Zones Board available at www.bea.gov/dia. ‘‘Search’’ and use the above OMB [S–23–2018] Reporting control number to search for the current survey instrument. Send comments Approval of Subzone Status; Notice of specific reporting regarding this burden estimate to Distrilogik US Ltd.; Dayton, New requirements, including who is to Jersey Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis report, the information to be reported, (BE–1), U.S. Department of Commerce, On February 2, 2018, the Executive the manner of reporting, and the time and place of filing reports, will be 4600 Silver Hill Rd., Washington, DC Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones mailed to those required to complete 20233; and to the Office of Management (FTZ) Board docketed an application this survey. and Budget, Paperwork Reduction submitted by the State of New Jersey, Who Must Report: (a) Reports are Project 0608–0053, 725 17th Street NW, Department of State, grantee of FTZ 44, required from each U.S. person that has Washington, DC 20503, or via email at requesting subzone status subject to the a direct and/or indirect ownership OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. existing activation limit of FTZ 44, on interest of at least 10 percent of the Authority: 22 U.S.C. 3101–3108. behalf of Distrilogik US Ltd., in Dayton, voting stock in an incorporated foreign New Jersey. business enterprise, or an equivalent Brian C. Moyer, The application was processed in interest in an unincorporated foreign Director, Bureau of Economic Analysis. accordance with the FTZ Act and business enterprise, and that meets the [FR Doc. 2018–06907 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] Regulations, including notice in the additional conditions detailed in Form BILLING CODE 3510–06–P Federal Register inviting public BE–11. comment (83 FR 5604, February 8, (b) Entities required to report will be 2018). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed contacted individually by BEA. Entities DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE the application and determined that it not contacted by BEA have no reporting meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant responsibilities. Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the authority delegated to the FTZ What To Report: The survey collects Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR Sec. information on the operations of U.S. 400.36(f)), the application to establish [B–77–2017] parent companies and their foreign Subzone 44K was approved on March affiliates. Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158— 29, 2018, subject to the FTZ Act and the How To Report: Reports can be filed Board’s regulations, including Section Jackson, Mississippi; Authorization of using BEA’s electronic reporting system 400.13, and further subject to FTZ 44’s Production Activity; Traxys Cometals at www.bea.gov/efile. Copies of the 407.5-acre activation limit. Processing, Inc.; (Manganese and survey forms and instructions, which Aluminum Alloying Agents); Dated: March 29, 2018. contain complete information on reporting procedures and definitions, Burnsville, Mississippi Andrew McGilvray, can be downloaded from www.bea.gov/ Executive Secretary. On November 27, 2017, Traxys [FR Doc. 2018–06826 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] dia and submitted through mail or fax. Form BE–11 inquiries can be made by Cometals Processing, Inc. submitted a BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P phone to (301) 278–9418 or by sending notification of proposed production an email to be10/11@bea.gov. activity to the FTZ Board for its facility When To Report: A completed report within FTZ 158, in Burnsville, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE covering an entity’s fiscal year ending Mississippi. during the previous calendar year is due Bureau of Industry and Security The notification was processed in by May 31. accordance with the regulations of the Sensors and Instrumentation Paperwork Reduction Act Notice FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including Technical Advisory Committee; Notice notice in the Federal Register inviting of Partially Closed Meeting This data collection has been public comment (82 FR 58795, approved by the Office of Management The Sensors and Instrumentation December 14, 2017). On March 27, 2018, and Budget (OMB) in accordance with Technical Advisory Committee (SITAC) the Paperwork Reduction Act and the applicant was notified of the FTZ will meet on Thursday, April 19, 2018 assigned control number 0608–0053. An Board’s decision that no further review at 9:30 a.m. EST, hosted at the SPIE agency may not conduct or sponsor, and of the activity is warranted at this time. Defense and Commercial Sensing a person is not required to respond to, The production activity described in the Conference located at the Gaylord Palms a collection of information unless it notification was authorized, subject to Resort and Convention Center at 6000 W displays a valid control number the FTZ Act and the FTZ Board’s Osceola Pkwy., Kissimmee, FL 34746. assigned by OMB. A complete response regulations, including Section 400.14. Meeting Room Captiva 2, Ballroom includes one BE–11A form (with an Dated: March 28, 2018. Level. The Committee advises the Office estimated average reporting burden of 7 Andrew McGilvray, of the Assistant Secretary for Export hours) for reporting domestic operations Administration on technical questions Executive Secretary. and one or more BE–11B (12 hours), that affect the level of export controls amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES BE–11C (2 hours), or BE–10D (1 hour) [FR Doc. 2018–06825 Filed 4–3–18; 8:45 am] applicable to sensors and forms for reporting foreign operations. BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P instrumentation equipment and Public reporting burden for this technology. collection of information is estimated to average a total of 138 hours per Agenda complete response. Additional Public Session: information regarding this burden 1. Welcome and Introductions. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 03, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\04APN1.SGM 04APN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of reporting requirements.
ContactRicardo Lim[eacute]s, Chief, Multinational Operations Branch (BE-49), Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233; phone (301) 278-9659; or via email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 14413 
RIN Number0691-XC07
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