Federal Register, Volume 77 Issue 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 18791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7458]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 97-11A003]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of Application No. 97-11A003 of an Amended 
Export Trade Certificate to the Association for the Administration of 
Rice Quotas, Inc.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an amended Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to the Association for the Administration of Rice 
Quotas, Inc., (``AARQ'') on December 16, 2011. The previous amendment 
was issued to AARQ on March 11, 2010 and published in the Federal 
Register on March 26, 2010 (75 FR 14567). This is the eleventh 
amendment to the Certificate. The Association for the Administration of 
Rice Quotas, Inc. (``AARQ'') original Certificate was issued on January 
21, 1998 (63 FR 31738, June 10, 1998).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of 
Competition and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, 
(202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number) or email at 
[email protected].

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.
    The U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade 
Administration, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis (``OCEA'') 
is issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the 
Secretary of Commerce to publish a summary of the issuance in the 
Federal Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Export Trading Company 
Act (15 U.S.C. 4012(b)(1)) 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 Amended Certificate

    AARQ's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to 
update the list of Members and to reflect changes in ownership, 
corporate structures, names and locations:

    1. ``American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of SOS 
Corporation Alimentaria, SA)'' was amended to read ``American Rice, 
Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro Foods, S.A. (Spain))''.
    2. ``Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative, Durham, California'' 
was amended to read ``Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative (ARMCO), 
Richvale, California''.
    3. ``Busch Agricultural Resources, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri, and 
its subsidiary, Pacific International Rice Mills, LLC, Woodland, 
California'' was amended to read ``Bunge Milling, Saint Louis, 
Missouri (a subsidiary of Bunge North America, White Plains, New 
York), dba PIRMI (Pacific International Rice Mills), Woodland, 
California''.
    4. ``Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC (a subsidiary of Ansera Marketing, 
Inc.), Houston, Texas'' was deleted, as Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, 
a successor to Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC, is now a subsidiary of 
another member, TRC Trading Corporation (see below).
    5. ``Louis Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton, Connecticut'' was 
amended to read ``LD Commodities Rice Merchandising LLC, Wilton, 
Connecticut, and LD Commodities Interior Rice Merchandising LLC, 
Kansas City, Missouri (subsidiaries of Louis Dreyfus Commodities 
LLC, Wilton, Connecticut)''.
    6. ``Nidera, Inc., Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera 
Handelscompagnie BV (Netherlands))'' was amended to read ``Nidera US 
LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera Handelscompagnie BV 
(Netherlands))'' .
    7. ``Noble Logistics USA Inc., Portland, Oregon'' was corrected 
to read ``Noble Logistic USA Inc., Portland, Oregon''.
    8. ``PS International, Ltd., Chapel Hill, North Carolina'' was 
amended to read ``PS International LLC dba PS International, Ltd., 
Chapel Hill, North Carolina (jointly owned by Seaboard Corporation, 
Kansas City, Missouri, and PS Trading Inc., Chapel Hill, North 
Carolina)''.
    9. ``Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro 
Puleva, S.A. (Spain)'' was amended to read ``Riviana Foods Inc., 
Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro Foods, S.A. (Spain))''.
    10. ``TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a 
subsidiary of The Rice Company)'' was amended to read ``TRC Trading 
Corporation, Roseville, California (a subsidiary of TRC Group, Inc., 
Roseville, California) and its subsidiary, Gulf Rice Arkansas II, 
LLC, Houston, Texas''.
    11. ``Veetee Rice, Inc., Springfield, Virginia (a subsidiary of 
Veetee Investments (Bahamas))'' was amended to read ``Veetee Rice 
Inc., Great Neck, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee Investments 
Corporation (Bahamas))''.

    The effective date of the amended certificate is December 16, 2011, 
the date on which AARQ's application to amend was deemed submitted. A 
copy of the amended 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: March 22, 2012.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Competition and Economic Analysis.
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