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end of each calendar year. Reports are 

required from U.S. agents of foreign 

ocean carriers who handle 40 or more 

foreign ocean port calls in the reporting 

period, or report total covered expenses 

of $250,000 or more in the reporting 

period for all foreign ocean vessels 

handled by the U.S. agent. Entities 

required to report will be contacted 

individually by BEA. Entities not 

contacted by BEA have no reporting 

responsibilities. 

BEA offers electronic filing through 

its eFile system for use in reporting on 

the BE–29 annual survey form. For 

information about eFile, go to 

www.bea.gov/efile. In addition, BEA 

posts all its survey forms and reporting 

instructions on its website, 

www.bea.gov/ssb. These may be 

downloaded, completed, printed, and 

submitted via fax or mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0012. 

Form Number: BE–29. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 80 

annually (70 reporting mandatory data 

and 10 filing exemption claims). 

Estimated Time per Response: 3 hours 

is the average for those reporting data. 

One houris the average for those filing 

an exemption claim. Hours may vary 

considerably among respondents 

because of differences in the volume 

and complexity of information on the 

foreign ocean carriers represented by the 

reporter. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 220. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 

3101–3108, as amended). 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14421 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Services Surveys: 

BE–9, Quarterly Survey of Foreign 

Airline Operators’ Revenues and 

Expenses in the United States 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 4, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Christopher Stein, Chief, 

Services Surveys Branch (SSB) BE–50, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20233; phone: (301) 278–9189; fax: 

(301) 278–9507; or via email at 

christopher.stein@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Quarterly Survey of Foreign 

Airline Operators’ Revenues and 

Expenses in the United States (BE–9) is 

a survey that collects data from U.S. 

offices, agents, or other representatives 

of foreign airline operators that 

transport freight, express, and 

passengers to or from the United States 

and whose total covered revenues or 

total covered expenses were $5 million 

or more in the previous year or are 

expected to be $5 million or more 

during the current year. The covered 

revenues are freight revenue on 

merchandise exported from, or imported 

into, the United States. The covered 

expenses are expenses incurred in the 

United States for: (1) Fuel and oil; (2) 

wages and salaries paid to employees in 

the United States; (3) agents’ and 

brokers’ fees and commissions for 

arrangement of freight and passenger 

transportation; (4) aircraft handling and 

terminal services, (5) aircraft (with 

crew) leasing expenses; and 6) all other 

expenses incurred in the United States 

except leasing (without crew) expenses. 

Respondents are also asked to report: 

(1) Shipping weights on which freight 

revenues were earned; (2) the number of 

passengers transported to/from the 

United States; and (3) revenues 

associated with these passengers. 

The data collected on the survey are 

needed to monitor U.S. trade in 

transport services to analyze the impact 

of U.S. trade on the U.S. and foreign 

economies, to compile and improve the 

U.S. economic accounts, to support U.S. 

commercial policy on trade in transport 

services, to conduct trade promotion, 

and to improve the ability of U.S. 

businesses to identify and evaluate 

market opportunities. The data are used 

in estimating the transport component 

of the U.S. international transactions 

accounts (ITAs) and national income 

and product accounts (NIPAs). 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) is proposing no additions or 

modifications to the current BE–9 

survey. The effort to keep current 

reporting requirements unchanged is 

intended to minimize respondent 

burden while considering the needs of 

data users. Existing language in the 

instructions and definitions will be 

reviewed and adjusted as necessary to 

clarify survey requirements. 

II. Method of Collection 

BEA contacts potential respondents 

by mail at the end of each calendar 

quarter. Respondents must file the 

completed BE–9 forms within 45 days 

after the end of each calendar quarter. 

Reports are required from offices, 

agents, or other representatives of 

foreign airline operators that transport 

freight and express to or from the 

United States and whose total covered 

revenues or total covered expenses were 

$5 million or more in the previous year 

or are expected to be $5 million or more 

during the current year. Entities 

required to report will be contacted 

individually by BEA. Entities not 


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contacted by BEA have no reporting 

responsibilities. 

BEA offers electronic filing through 

its eFile system for use in reporting on 

the BE–9 quarterly survey form. For 

information about eFile, go to 

www.bea.gov/efile. In addition, BEA 

posts all its survey forms and reporting 

instructions on its website, 

www.bea.gov/ssb. These may be 

downloaded, completed, printed, and 

submitted via fax or mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0068. 

Form Number: BE–9. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 180 

annually (45 filed each quarter: 44 

reporting mandatory data, and one that 

would file an exemption claim). 

Estimated Time Per Response: 6 hours 

is the average for those reporting data. 

One hour is the average for those filing 

an exemption claim. Hours may vary 

considerably among respondents 

because of differences in the volume 

and complexity of information on the 

foreign air carriers represented by the 

reporter. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,060. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: International 

Investment and Trade in Services 

Survey Act (Pub.L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C. 

3101–3108, as amended). 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of 

Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14422 Filed 7–3–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Services Surveys: 

BE–185, Quarterly Survey of Financial 

Services Transactions Between U.S. 

Financial Services Providers and 

Foreign Persons 

AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing information collections, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before September 4, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230, or via email at 

PRAcomments@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Christopher Stein, Chief, 

Services Surveys Branch (SSB) BE–50, 

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20233; phone: (301) 278–9189; fax: 

(301) 278–9507; or via email at: 

christopher.stein@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Quarterly Survey of Financial 

Services Transactions between U.S. 

Financial Services Providers and 

Foreign Persons (BE–185) is one of 

BEA’s primary data sources for its 

estimates of financial services exports 

and imports. A U.S. financial services 

provider must report if it had sales of 

covered services to foreign persons that 

exceeded $20 million for the previous 

fiscal year or that are expected to exceed 

that amount during the current fiscal 

year, or if it had purchases of covered 

services from foreign persons that 

exceeded $15 million for the previous 

fiscal year or that are expected to exceed 

that amount during the current fiscal 

year. 

The data are needed to monitor U.S. 

trade in financial services, to analyze 

the impact of U.S. trade on the U.S. and 

foreign economies, to compile and 

improve the U.S. economic accounts, to 

support U.S. commercial policy on trade 

in services, to conduct trade promotion, 

and to improve the ability of U.S. 

businesses to identify and evaluate 

market opportunities. The data are used 

in estimating the financial services 

component of the U.S. international 

transactions accounts (ITAs) and 

national income and product accounts 

(NIPAs). 

The Bureau of Economic Analysis 

(BEA) is proposing no additions or 

modifications to the current BE–185 

survey. The effort to keep current 

reporting requirements unchanged is 

intended to minimize respondent 

burden while considering the needs of 

data users. Existing language in the 

instructions and definitions will be 

reviewed and adjusted as necessary to 

clarify survey requirements. 

II. Method of Collection 

BEA contacts potential respondents 

by mail at the end of each fiscal quarter. 

Respondents must file completed BE– 

185 forms within 45 days after the end 

of each fiscal quarter, or within 90 days 

after the close of the fiscal year. Reports 

are required from each U.S. financial 

services provider that had sales of 

covered services to foreign persons that 

exceeded $20 million for the previous 

fiscal year, or that are expected to 

exceed that amount during the current 

fiscal year, or if it had purchases of 

covered services from foreign persons 

that exceeded $15 million for the 

previous fiscal year, or that are expected 

to exceed that amount during the 

current fiscal year. Entities required to 

report will be contacted individually by 

BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA 

have no reporting responsibilities. 

BEA offers its electronic filing option, 

the eFile system, for use in reporting on 

Form BE–185. For more information 

about eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile. In 

addition, BEA posts all its survey forms 

and reporting instructions on its 

website, www.bea.gov/ssb. These may 

be downloaded, completed, printed, and 

submitted via fax or mail. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0608–0065. 

Form Number: BE–185. 


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