[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20560-20561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08941]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[Application No. 17-00002]
Export Trade Certificate of Review
ACTION: Notice of Application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review
for Fox Petroleum USA Corporation (``FPUC''), Application No. 17-00002.
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SUMMARY: The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis (``OTEA'') of the
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has
received an application for an Export Trade Certificate of Review
(``Certificate''). This notice summarizes the proposed application and
requests comments relevant to whether the Certificate should be issued.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Flynn, Director, Office of
Trade 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. Sections 4001-21) (``the Act'') authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of 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. Section 302(b)(1) of the
Export Trading Company Act of 1982 and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the
Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying the
applicant and summarizing its application.
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the
determination whether a Certificate should be issued. If the comments
include any privileged or confidential business information, it must be
clearly marked and a non-confidential version of the comments
(identified as such) should be included. Any comments not marked as
privileged or confidential business information will be deemed to be
non-confidential.
An original and five (5) copies, plus two (2) copies of the non-
confidential version, should be submitted no later than 20 days after
the date of this notice to: Export Trading Company Affairs,
International Trade Administration,
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U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 21028, Washington, DC 20230.
Information submitted by any person is exempt from disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). However, non-
confidential versions of the comments will be made available to the
applicant if necessary for determining whether or not to issue the
Certificate. Comments should refer to this application as ``Export
Trade Certificate of Review, application number 17-00002.''
Summary of the Application
Applicant: FPUC, 41 Eldora Drive, Rochester, New York 14624.
Contact: Iola Edwards, CEO Telephone: (585) 487-8288.
Application No.: 17-00002.
Date Deemed Submitted: April 19, 2017.
Summary: FPUC seeks a Certificate of Review to engage in the Export
Trade Activities and Methods of Operation described below in the
following Export Trade and Export Markets:
Export Trade
Products: All Products.
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 related 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, FPUC may
1. Provide and/or arrange for the provision of Export Trade
Facilitation Services;
2. 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;
3. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
4. Allocate export orders or divide Export Markets among Suppliers
for the sale and/or licensing of Products and Services and/or
Technology Rights;
5. Establish the price of Products and Services and/or Technology
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
6. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for
the export of Technology Rights; and
7. FPUC 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 FPUC with its
distributors in Export Markets.
Definition
``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.
Dated: April 28, 2017.
Joseph Flynn,
Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2017-08941 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am]
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