[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-7240]


[Federal Register: March 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application to amend certificate.

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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]
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