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Form Number(s): SM–44(06)S, SM– 

44(06)SE, SM–44(06)SS, SM–44(06)B, 

SM–44(06)BE, SM–44(06)BS, SM– 

45(06)S, SM–45(06)SE, SM–45(06)SS, 

SM–45(06)B, SM–45(06)BE, SM– 

45(06)BS, SM–72(06)S, and SM–20(06)I. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 12,200. 

Number of Respondents: 8,714. 

Average Hours per Response: 7 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Monthly Retail 

Trade Survey provides estimates of 

monthly retail sales, end-of-month 

merchandise inventories, and quarterly 

e-commerce sales of retailers in the 

United States. In addition, the survey 

also provides an estimate of monthly 

sales at food service establishments and 

drinking places. 

Sales and inventories data provide a 

current statistical picture of the retail 

portion of consumer activity. The sales 

and inventories estimates in the 

Monthly Retail Trade Survey measure 

current trends of economic activity that 

occur in the United States. The survey 

estimates provide valuable information 

for economic policy decisions and 

actions by the government and are 

widely used by private businesses, trade 

organizations, professional associations, 

and others for market research and 

analysis. The Bureau of Economic 

Analysis (BEA) uses these data in 

determining the consumption portion of 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

Retail and Food Services Sales during 

2009 amounted to $3.7 trillion. The 

estimates produced in the Monthly 

Retail Trade Survey are critical to the 

accurate measurement of total economic 

activity. The estimates of retail sales 

represent all operating receipts, 

including receipts from wholesale sales 

made at retail locations and services 

rendered as part of the sale of the goods, 

by businesses that primarily sell at 

retail. The sales estimates include sales 

made on credit as well as on a cash 

basis, but exclude receipts from sales 

taxes and interest charges from credit 

sales. Also excluded is non-operating 

income from such services as 

investments and real estate. The 

estimates of merchandise inventories 

owned by retailers represent all 

merchandise located in retail stores, 

warehouses, offices, or in transit for 

distribution to retail establishments. 

The estimates of merchandise 

inventories exclude fixtures and 

supplies not held for sale, as well as 

merchandise held on consignment 

owned by others. BEA uses inventories 

data to determine the investment 

portion of the GDP. 

Retail e-commerce sales are estimated 

from the same sample used in the 

Monthly Retail Trade Survey to estimate 

preliminary and final U.S. retail sales. 

The Monthly Retail Trade sample is 

updated on an ongoing basis to account 

for new retail employer businesses 

(including those selling via the 

Internet), business deaths, and other 

changes to the retail business universe. 

Research was conducted to ensure that 

retail firms selected in the Monthly 

Retail Trade Survey sample engaged in 

e-commerce are representative of the 

universe of e-commerce retailers. Total 

e-commerce sales for 2009 were 

estimated at $205 billion. 

We publish retail sales and 

inventories estimates based on the 

North American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS). 

BEA is the primary Federal user of 

data collected in the Monthly Retail 

Trade Survey. BEA uses the information 

in its preparation of the National 

Income and Products Accounts, and its 

benchmark and annual input-output 

tables. Statistics provided from retail 

sales and inventories estimates are used 

in the calculation of GDP. If the survey 

were not conducted, BEA would lack 

comprehensive data from the retail 

sector. This would adversely affect the 

reliability of the National Income and 

Products Accounts and the GDP. The 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses the 

data as input to their Producer Price 

Indexes and in developing productivity 

measurements. The data are also used 

for gauging current economic trends of 

the economy. Private businesses use the 

retail sales and inventories data to 

compute business activity indexes. The 

private sector also uses retail sales as a 

reliable indicator of consumer activity. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5434 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit 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: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: Monthly Wholesale Trade 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0190. 

Form Number(s): SM4206–A, 

SM4206–E. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden Hours: 6,300. 

Number of Respondents: 4,500. 

Average Hours per Response: 7 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The Monthly 

Wholesale Trade Survey (MWTS) 

canvasses firms primarily engaged in 

merchant wholesale trade, excluding 

manufacturers’ sales branches and 

offices (MSBOs), that are located in the 

United States. This survey provides the 

only continuous measure of monthly 

wholesale sales, end-of-month 

inventories, and inventories/sales ratios. 

The sales and inventory estimates 

produced from the MWTS provide 

current trends of economic activity by 

kind of business for the United States. 

Also, the estimates compiled from this 

survey provide valuable information for 

economic policy decisions by the 

government and are widely used by 

private businesses, trade organizations, 

professional associations, and other 

business research and analysis 

organizations. 

As one of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 

principal economic indicators, the 

estimates produced by the MWTS are 

critical to the accurate measurement of 

total economic activity of the United 

States. The estimates of sales made by 

wholesale locations represent only 

merchant wholesalers, excluding 

MSBOs, who take title to goods bought 

for resale to other companies. 

Wholesalers normally sell to industrial 

distributors, retail operations, 

cooperatives, and other businesses. The 

sales estimates include sales made on 

credit as well as on a cash basis, but 


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1The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR Parts 730– 

774 (2010). The charged violations occurred in 

2008. The Regulations governing the violations at 

issue are found in the 2008 version of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (15 CFR Parts 730–774 (2008)). 

The 2010 Regulations set forth the procedures that 

apply to this matter. 

2 50 U.S.C. app. sections 2401–2420 (2000). Since 

August 21, 2001, the Act has been in lapse and the 

President, through Executive Order 13,222 of 

August 17, 2001 (3 CFR, 2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), 

as extended most recently by the Notice of August 

17, 2010 (75 FR 50,681 (Aug. 16, 2010)), has 

continued the Regulations in effect under the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 

exclude receipts from sales taxes and 

interest charges from credit sales. 

The estimates of inventories represent 

all merchandise held in wholesale 

locations, warehouses, and offices, as 

well as goods held by others for sale on 

consignment or in transit for 

distribution to wholesale 

establishments. The estimates of 

inventories exclude fixtures and 

supplies not for resale, as well as 

merchandise held on consignment 

which are owned by others. Inventories 

are an important component in the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis’s (BEA) 

calculation of the investment portion of 

the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). 

We publish wholesale sales and 

inventory estimates based on the North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) which has been widely 

adopted throughout both the public and 

private sectors. 

The Census Bureau tabulates the 

collected data to provide, with 

measurable reliability, statistics on 

sales, end-of-month inventories, and 

inventories/sales ratios for merchant 

wholesalers, excluding MSBOs. 

The BEA is the primary Federal user 

of data collected in the MWTS. The BEA 

uses data from this form to prepare the 

national income and product accounts 

(NIPA), input-output accounts (I–O), 

and gross domestic product (GDP) by 

industry. End-of-month inventories are 

used to prepare the change in private 

inventories component of GDP. Sales 

are used to prepare estimates of real 

inventory-sales ratios in the NIPAs, 

extrapolate proprietors’ income for 

wholesalers (until tax return data 

become available) in the NIPAs, and 

extrapolate annual current-dollar gross 

output for the most recent year in 

annual I–O tables, GDP-by-industry, and 

advance GDP-by-industry estimates. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 

the data as input to its Producer Price 

Indexes and in developing productivity 

measurements. Private businesses use 

the wholesale sales and inventory data 

in computing business activity indexes. 

Other government agencies and 

businesses use this information for 

market research, product development, 

and business planning to gauge the 

current trends of the economy. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Monthly. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C., 

Section 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Brian HarrisKojetin, (202) 395–7314. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Brian Harris-Kojetin, OMB 

Desk Officer either by fax (202–395– 

7245) or e-mail (bharrisk@omb.eop.gov). 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5435 Filed 3–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Action Affecting Export Privileges; 

Amy Farrow 

In the Matter of: Amy Farrow, 1493 

Sanbrook Ct., Bethlehem, PA 18015, 

Respondent 

Order Relating to Amy Farrow 

The Bureau of Industry and Security, 

U.S. Department of Commerce (‘‘BIS’’), 

has notified Amy Farrow, in her 

individual capacity and as sole 

proprietor of The Wholesale Discount 

Store of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 

(‘‘Farrow’’), of its intention to initiate an 

administrative proceeding against 

Farrow pursuant to Section 766.3 of the 

Export Administration Regulations (the 

‘‘Regulations’’) 1 and Section 13(c) of the 

Export Administration Act of 1979, as 

amended (the ‘‘Act’’),2 through the 

issuance of a Proposed Charging Letter 

to Farrow that alleged that she 

committed 116 violations of the 

Regulations. Specifically, the charges 

are: 

Charges 1–116 15 CFR 764.2(a): 

Exporting Stun Guns Without a License 

On 116 occasions between on or about 

January 1, 2008 and on or about July 20, 

2008, Farrow engaged in conduct prohibited 

by the Regulations by exporting items subject 

to the Regulations to various destinations 

without the required Department of 

Commerce authorization. Specifically, 

Farrow exported 254 stun guns, items subject 

to the Regulations, classified under Export 

Control Classification Number 0A985, and 

controlled for export to these destinations for 

crime control reasons, without the export 

licenses required by Section 742.7 of the 

Regulations. In exporting these items without 

a license, Farrow committed 116 violations of 

Section 764.2(a) of the Regulations. 

Whereas, BIS and Farrow have 

entered into a Settlement Agreement 

pursuant to Section 766.18(a) of the 

Regulations, whereby they agreed to 

settle this matter in accordance with the 

terms and conditions set forth therein; 

and 

Whereas, I have approved of the terms 

of such Settlement Agreement; 

It is therefore ordered: 

First, for a period of two years from 

the date of this Order, Amy Farrow, 

1493 Sanbrook Ct., Bethlehem, PA 

18015, her representatives, assigns or 

agents (hereinafter collectively referred 

to as ‘‘Denied Person’’) may not 

participate, directly or indirectly, in any 

way in any transaction involving any 

commodity, software or technology 

(hereinafter collectively referred to as 

‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from 

the United States that is subject to the 

Regulations, or in any other activity 

subject to the Regulations, including, 

but not limited to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, License Exception, or 

export control document; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported from the United States that is 

subject to the Regulations, or in any 

other activity subject to the Regulations; 

or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

that is subject to the Regulations, or in 

any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, that no person may, directly 

or indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf 

of the Denied Person any item subject to 

the Regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 


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