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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 111 (Thursday, June 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36410-36411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14382]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Amended Export Trade Certificate of 
Review, Application No.97-3A003.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce has issued an amended Export Trade 
Certificate of Review to The Association for the Administration of Rice 
Quotas, Inc. (``AARQ'') on June 1, 2000. Notice of issuance of the 
original Certificate was published in the Federal Register on January 
28, 1998 (63 FR 4223).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morton Schnabel, 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 (15 U.S.C. Sections 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of 
Commerce to issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations 
implementing Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (1998).
    The Office of Export Trading Company Affairs (``OETCA'') is issuing 
this notice pursuant to 15 CFR 325.6(b), which requires the Department 
of Commerce to publish a summary of a Certificate in the Federal 
Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any 
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days 
of the date of this notice, bring an action in any appropriate district 
court of the United States to set aside the determination on the ground 
that the determination is erroneous.

Description of Amended Certificate

    Export Trade Certificate of Review No. 97-00003, was issued to The 
Association for the Administration of Rice Quotas, Inc. (``AARQ'') on 
January 21, 1998 (63 FR 4223, January 28, 1998) and lastly amended on 
September 25, 1998 (63 FR 53013, October 2, 1998).
    AARQ's Export Trade Certificate of Review has been amended to:
    1. Add the following companies as new ``Members'' of the 
Certificate within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations 
(15 CFR 325.2(1)): ADM Latin, Inc., Decatur, Illinois, and ADM Rice, 
Inc., Tarrytown, New York (subsidiaries of Archer Daniels Midland 
Company); AFE (USA), Inc., Houston, Texas; California Commodity 
Traders, LLC, Sacramento, California; California Pacific Rice Milling, 
Ltd., Arbuckle, California; Family & Sons, Inc., Miami, Florida; Far 
West Rice, Inc., Durham, California; Glencore Ltd., Stamford, 
Connecticut (a subsidiary of Glencore International AG), for the 
activities of Glencore Grain Division and Glencore Ltd.'s subsidiary, 
LaGrain International Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Incomar Texas, Ltd. 
and its subsidiary, Gulf Rice Arkansas, LLC, Houston, Texas; 
International Grain Brokerage, LLC, Yuba City, California; JFC 
International Inc., San Francisco, California (a subsidiary of Kikkoman 
Corp.); Kitoku America, Inc., Davis, California (a subsidiary of Kitoku 
Co., Ltd.);

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Mermentau Rice, Inc., Mermentau, Louisiana; Nishimoto Trading Company, 
Ltd., Los Angeles, California (a subsidiary of Nishimoto Trading 
Company, Ltd. (Japan)); PS International, Ltd., Durham, North Carolina; 
Texana Rice, Inc., Houston, Texas; Wehah Farm, Inc., dba Lundberg 
Family Farms, Richvale, California;
    2. Delete the following companies as ``Members'' of the Certificate 
within the meaning of section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15 CFR 
325.2(1)): Broussard Rice Mill, Inc.; Cargill, Inc., for the activities 
of its division, Cargill Rice Milling; Cargill Rice, Inc.; and Gulf 
Rice Arkansas, Inc.;
    3. Change the listings of the current Members as follows: ``AC 
HUMKO, Corp. for the activities of AC HUMKO Rice Specialties, Brinkley 
Rice Milling Company, and El Campo Rice Milling Company, Dallas, 
Texas'' should be amended to read ``AC HUMKO Corp., Cordova, 
Tennessee;'' ``Busch Agricultural Resources, Inc., St. Louis, 
Missouri'' and ``Pacific International Rice Mills, Inc., Woodland, 
California'' should be amended to read ``Busch Agricultural Resources, 
Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, and its subsidiary, Pacific International 
Rice Mills, Inc., Woodland, California;'' ``Continental Grain Company, 
New York, New York'' should be amended to read ``ContiGroup Companies, 
Inc., New York, New York;'' ``Gulf Rice Milling, Inc.'' and ``Gulf 
Pacific Rice Co., Inc.'' should be amended to read ``Gulf Pacific, 
Inc., and its subsidiaries, Gulf Pacific Rice Co., Inc., and Gulf Rice 
Milling, Inc., Houston, Texas;'' and ``The Connell Company for the 
activities of Connell Rice & Sugar Co. and Connell International Co.'' 
should be amended to read ``The Connell Company, Westfield, New 
Jersey.''; and
    4. Include as export markets for the purpose of distributing 
tariff-rate quota auction proceeds the Republic of the Marshall 
Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
    A copy of the amended certificate will be kept in the International 
Trade Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection 
Facility, Room 4102, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: June 1, 2000.
Morton Schnabel,
Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-14382 Filed 6-7-00; 8:45 am]
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