[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)] [Notices] [Page 48500] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-23227] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Agency Form Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget DOC has submitted 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 the Census. Title: Shipper's Export Declaration. Form Number(s): Form 7525-V. Agency Approval Number: 0607-0018. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection. Burden: 627,590 hours. Number of Respondents: 3,372,394. Avg Hours Per Response: 11 minutes. Needs and Uses: Shipper's Export Declarations (SED's) are required from exporters for all shipments valued over $2500 from the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to all foreign countries except Canada; between the United States and Puerto Rico; and from the United States or Puerto Rico to the U.S. Virgin Islands. Information on the cargo, its origin and destination, and method and date of export are requested. Customs officials gather the SED forms from export carriers and transmit them to the Census Bureau. The vertical SED, Form 7525-V is the standard form used to collect these data. SED's are the basic source of the official U.S. export statistics compiled by the Census Bureau. These statistics provide data for the merchandise trade balance, a major economic indicator and component of the gross domestic product. Affected Public: Business or other for-profit, Individuals or households, Not-for-profit institutions, Farms, Federal Government, State, local or tribal government. Frequency: On occasion. Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory. OMB Desk Officer: Maria Gonzalez, (202) 395-7313. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3271, Department of Commerce, room 5312, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent to Maria Gonzalez, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. Dated: September 12, 1995. Gerald Tache, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and Organization. [FR Doc. 95-23227 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-07-F