[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page ] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-7240] [Federal Register: March 28, 1994] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Export Trade Certificate of Review ACTION: Notice of application to amend certificate. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, has received an application to amend an Export Trade Certificate of Review. This notice summarizes the proposed amendment and requests comments relevant to whether an amended Certificate should be issued. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Friedrich R. Crupe, Acting Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, (202) 482-5131. This is not a toll-free number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act of 1982 (l5 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. A 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 Act and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the Secretary to publish a notice in the Federal Register identifying the applicant and summarizing its proposed export conduct. Request for Public Comments Interested parties may submit written comments relevant to the determination of whether a Secretary of Commerce should issue an amended Certificate to the applicant. An original and five (5) copies of such comments should be submitted no later than 20 days after the date of this notice to: Office of Export Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, room 1800H, Washington, DC 20230. Information submitted by any person is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Comments should refer to this application as ``Export Trade Certificate of Review, application number 92-A0014.'' The American Pork Export Trading Company's original Certificate was issued on April 8, 1993 (58 19652, April 15, 1993). A summary of the application for an amendment follows: Summary of the Application Applicant: American Pork Export Trading Company (``APEX'') P.O. Box 10383, Des Moines, Iowa 50306 Contact: Laurence J. Lasoff, Telephone: (202) 342-8400 Application No.: 92-A0014 Date Deemed Submitted: March 17, 1994 Proposed Amendment: APEX seeks to amend its Certificate to add each of the following companies as a new ``Member'' of the Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(l) of the Regulations (15 CFR 325.2(1)): Sioux-Preme Packing Co., Sioux Center, Iowa; Excel Corporation, Wichita, Kansas; Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Virginia; and American Foods Group, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dated: March 21, 1994. Friedrich R. Crupe, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs. [FR Doc. 94-7240 Filed 3-25-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P