[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 51534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20981]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Commerce.
Title: Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in the United
States.
OMB Control Number: 0608-0034.
Form Number: BE-15.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,800 annually, of which
approximately 1,800 file A forms, 1,100 file B forms, 1,400 file C
forms, and 500 file Claims for Exemption.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 87,450 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the estimated number of submissions
of each form by the average hourly burden per form, which is 44.5 hours
for the A form, 4 hours for the B form, 1.75 hours for the C form, and
1 hour for the Claim for Exemption form.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 18.2 hours per respondent (87,450
hours/4,800 respondents) is the average, but may vary considerably
among respondents because of differences in company structure, size,
and complexity.
Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of Foreign Direct Investment in
the United States (Form BE-15) collects financial and operating data
covering the operations of U.S. affiliates of foreign parents,
including their balance sheets, income statements, property, plant and
equipment, employment and employee compensation, merchandise trade,
sales of goods and services, taxes, and research and development
activity. The BE-15 is a sample survey that covers U.S. affiliates of
foreign parents above a size-exemption level. The sample data are used
to derive universe estimates in nonbenchmark years by extrapolating
forward similar data reported in the BE-12, Benchmark Survey of Foreign
Direct Investment in the United States, which is conducted every five
years.
The data from the survey are primarily intended as general purpose
statistics. They should be readily available to answer any number of
research and policy questions related to foreign direct investment in
the U.S.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
This information collection request may be viewed at
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to OIRA [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: August 20, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-20981 Filed 8-24-15; 8:45 am]
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