[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78818-78819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 13-00001]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review to 
Emporia Trading LLC, Application No. 13-00001.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce issued an Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to Emporia Trading LLC on December 16, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph E. Flynn, Director, Office of 
Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, by 
telephone at (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. Sections 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations 
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR Part 325 (2013). 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.

Members (Within the Meaning of 15 CFR 325.2(1))

    Robert T ``Terry'' Smith, Sr. and Robert ``Bobby'' Smith. Jr.

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Description of Certified Conduct

    Emporia is certified to engage in the Export Trade Activities and 
Methods of Operation described below in the following Export Trade and 
Export Markets.

Export Trade

    Products: Manufactured Products [NAICS 31-33]
    Services: All services related to the export of Products.
    Technology Rights: All intellectual property rights associated with 
Products or Services, including, but not limited to: Patents, 
trademarks, services marks, trade names, copyrights, neighboring 
(related) rights, trade secrets, know-how, and confidential databases 
and computer programs.
    Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of 
Products): Export Trade Facilitation Services, including but not 
limited to: Consulting and trade strategy, arranging and coordinating 
delivery of Products to the port of export; arranging for inland and/or 
ocean transportation; allocating Products to vessel; arranging for 
storage space at port; arranging for warehousing, stevedoring, 
wharfage, handling, inspection, fumigation, and freight forwarding; 
insurance and financing; documentation and services related to 
compliance with customs' requirements; sales and marketing; export 
brokerage; foreign marketing and analysis; foreign market development; 
overseas advertising and promotion; Products-related research and 
design based upon foreign buyer and consumer preferences; inspection 
and quality control; shipping and export management; export licensing; 
provisions of overseas sales and distribution facilities and overseas 
sales staff; legal; accounting and tax assistance; development and 
application of management information systems; trade show exhibitions; 
professional services in the area of government relations and 
assistance with federal and state export assistance programs (e.g., 
Export Enhancement and Market Promotion programs, invoicing (billing) 
foreign buyers; collecting (letters of credit and other financial 
instruments) payment for Products; and arranging for payment of 
applicable commissions and fees.

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).

Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operations

    To engage in Export Trade in the Export Markets, Emporia Trading 
LLC and its individual members (collectively ``Emporia'') may:
    1. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade 
Facilitation Services;
    2. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect 
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute 
such information to clients;
    3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales 
agreements with Suppliers for the export of products and services, and/
or technology rights to Export Markets;
    4. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with 
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
    5. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers 
for the sale and/or licensing of products and services and/or 
technology rights;
    6. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
    7. Establish the price of products and services and/or technology 
rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets; and
    8. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for 
the export of technology rights.
    9. Emporia may exchange information with individual Suppliers on a 
one-to-one basis regarding that Supplier's inventories and near-term 
production schedules in order that the availability of Products for 
export can be determined and effectively coordinated by Emporia with 
its distributors in Export Markets.

Definition

    ``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells 
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.

    Dated: December 23, 2013.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Office Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis.
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