[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42101-42102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 (SED) Program.
    Form Number(s): 7513, 7525-V, 7525-V Alternate (Intermodal), AES, 
AERP.
    Agency Approval Number: 0607-0152.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,316,137 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 140,000.

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    Avg Hours Per Response: 7513, 7525-V & 7525-V Alt.--11 minutes AES 
& AERP--3 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Shipper's Export Declaration (SEDs), Forms 
7525-V, 7525-V Alternate (Intermodal), and their electronic 
equivalents, the Automated Export Reporting Program (AERP) and the 
Automated Export System (AES), are the basis for the official U.S. 
export statistics compiled by the Bureau of the Census. The SED for In-
transit Goods, Form 7513 serves as the source document from which 
Census collects and compiles the official U.S. statistics on outbound 
in-transit shipments. The official export statistics provide a basic 
component for the compilation of the U.S. position on merchandise 
trade. These data are an essential component of the monthly totals on 
U.S. overall trade in goods and services, a leading economic indicator.
    The SEDs also are export control documents under Title 50, United 
States Code and are used to detect and prevent the export of certain 
commodities (for example, high technology or military goods) to 
unauthorized destinations or end users. The SEDs as official documents 
of export transactions, enable the U.S. Customs Service and the Bureau 
of Export Administration to enforce the Export Administration 
Regulations and thereby detect and prevent the export of high 
technology commodities to unauthorized destinations. The Department of 
State uses the SED to enforce the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations to detect and prevent the export of arms and ammunition to 
unauthorized destinations.
    In the past, each different type of paper SED form was cleared 
separately. In recent years the number of submissions via automated 
programs--(AERP) operated by Census and the new AES operated by 
Customs--have grown rapidly and must now be considered as part of the 
SED submissions. With this submission we will combine the various types 
of SEDs, both paper and electronic, under one OMB clearance submission 
to better reflect reporting burden and streamline the clearance 
process.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Chapter 9, Sections 301-307; 15 CFR 
Part 30 (Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations).
    OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202) 395-7314.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, 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 within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk Officer, room 10201, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: July 30, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-20505 Filed 8-4-97; 8:45 am]
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