[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27411-27412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10711]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[Application No. 97-13A03]


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of issuance of an amended Export Trade Certificate of 
Review to the Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. 
(``AARQ''), Application No. (97-13A03).

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Commerce, through the Office of Trade and 
Economic Analysis (``OTEA''), issued an amended Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to AARQ of Delaware on April 11, 2016.

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

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Review. An Export Trade Certificate of Review protects the holder and 
the members identified in the Certificate from State and Federal 
government antitrust actions and from private treble damage antitrust 
actions for the export conduct specified in the Certificate and carried 
out in compliance with its terms and conditions. The regulations 
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2016).
    OTEA is issuing this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which 
requires the Secretary of Commerce to publish a summary of the 
certification in the Federal Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act 
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 make 
the following changes to the list of Members covered by the 
Certificate:
    1. Deleting the following Members from its Certificate:
    a. Family & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida
    b. Noble Logistics USA, Inc., Portland, Oregon
    c. Rickmers Rice USA, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee
    d. Texana Rice, Inc., Louise, Texas
    2. Changing Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd., Santa Fe Springs, 
California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. (Japan) to 
Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd. dba Wismettac Asian Foods, Santa Fe 
Springs, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. 
(Japan).
    3. Changing 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) to 
Interra International, LLC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
    4. Changing TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a 
subsidiary of TRC Group Inc., Roseville, California) and its subsidiary 
Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, Houston, Texas to TRC Trading Corporation, 
Roseville, California (a subsidiary of TRC Group Inc., Roseville, 
California) and its subsidiary Gulf Rice Arkansas II, LLC, 
Crawfordsville, Arkansas.
    5. Changing Veetee Rice, Inc., Great Neck, New York (a subsidiary 
of Veetee Investments Corporation (Bahamas)) to Veetee Foods Inc., 
Islandia, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee Investments Corporation 
(Bahamas)).
    AARQ's amendment of its Export Trade Certificate of Review results 
in the following entities as Members under the Certificate:
    1. ADM Latin, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, ADM Grain Company, Decatur, 
Illinois, and ADM Rice, Inc., Tarrytown, New York (subsidiaries of 
Archer Daniels Midland Company).
    2. American Commodity Company, LLC, Williams, California.
    3. Associated Rice Marketing Cooperative (ARMCO), Richvale, 
California.
    4. Bunge Milling, Saint Louis, Missouri (a subsidiary of Bunge 
North America, White Plains, New York), dba PIRMI (Pacific 
International Rice Mills), Woodland, California.
    5. Cargill Americas, Inc., and its subsidiary CAI Trading, LLC, 
Coral Gables, Florida.
    6. Farmers' Rice Cooperative, Sacramento, California.
    7. Farmers Rice Milling Company, Inc., Lake Charles, Louisiana.
    8. Far West Rice, Inc., Durham, California.
    9. Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc., Houston, Texas; Gulf Rice Milling, 
Inc., Houston, Texas; and Harvest Rice, Inc., McGehee, Arkansas (each a 
subsidiary of Gulf Pacific, Inc., Houston, Texas).
    10. Gulf Pacific Disc, Inc., Houston, Texas.
    11. Itochu International Inc., Portland, Oregon (a subsidiary of 
Itochu Corporation (Japan)).
    12. Interra International, LLC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
    13. JFC International Inc., Los Angeles, California (a subsidiary 
of Kikkoman Corp.).
    14. JIT Products, Inc., Davis, California.
    15. Kennedy Rice Dryers, L.L.C., Mer Rouge, Louisiana.
    16. Kitoku America, Inc., Burlingame, California (a subsidiary of 
Kitoku Shinryo Co., Ltd. (Japan)).
    17. 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).
    18. Louisiana Rice Mill, LLC, Mermentau, Louisiana.
    19. Nidera US LLC, Wilton, Connecticut (a subsidiary of Nidera BV 
(Netherlands)).
    20. Nishimoto Trading Co., Ltd. dba Wismettac Asian Foods, Santa Fe 
Springs, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading Company, Ltd. 
(Japan).
    21. Producers Rice Mill, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas.
    22. Riceland Foods, Inc., Stuttgart, Arkansas.
    23. Riviana Foods Inc., Houston, Texas (a subsidiary of Ebro Foods, 
S.A. (Spain)), for the activities of itself and its subsidiary, 
American Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas.
    24. Sinamco Trading Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
    25. SunFoods LLC, Woodland, California.
    26. SunWest Foods, Inc., Davis, California.
    27. The Sun Valley Rice Co., LLC, Arbuckle, California.
    28. TRC Trading Corporation, Roseville, California (a subsidiary of 
TRC Group Inc., Roseville, California) and its subsidiary Gulf Rice 
Arkansas II, LLC, Crawfordsville, Arkansas.
    29. Trujillo & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida.
    30. Veetee Foods Inc., Islandia, New York (a subsidiary of Veetee 
Investments Corporation (Bahamas)).
    31. Wehah Farm, Inc., dba Lundberg Family Farms, Richvale, 
California.
    No change is has been made regarding the Export Trade, Export Trade 
Activities or Methods of Operation covered by the Certificate.
    The amended Certificate of Review is effective from January 11, 
2016, the date on which the application for an amendment was deemed 
submitted.

    Dated: May 3, 2016.
Joseph E. Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis.
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