52996 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 6, 2005 / Notices 

SUMMARY OF REASONS AND 

JUSTIFICATIONS FOR U.S. REQUEST FOR 

CONSULTATIONS WITH CHINA 

PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 242 OF THE 

REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON 

THE ACCESSION OF CHINA TO THE 

WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 

Other Synthetic Filament Fabric 

Category 620 

The United States believes that imports of 

Chinese-origin other synthetic filament fabric 

are, due to the existence of market 

disruption, threatening to impede the orderly 

development of trade in these products. 

Further, the United States believes that 

imports of Chinese-origin other synthetic 

filament fabric are, due to the threat of 

market disruption, threatening to impede the 

orderly development of trade in these 

products. Either finding supports a request 

for consultations with the Government of the 

People’s Republic of China under Paragraph 

242 of the Report of the Working Party on the 

Accession of China to the World Trade 

Organization (‘‘Paragraph 242’’). The 

following facts, and others contained in this 

Statement, support these beliefs: 

U.S. Imports from China Are Increasing 

Rapidly in Absolute Terms. U.S. imports 

of other synthetic filament fabric from 

China were 5,895,247 square meters for 

the entire twelve months of 2004. In the 

period January-June 2005, U.S. imports 

from China increased to 39,973,330 

square meters, an increase of 1,185 

percent from the January-June 2004 

level. 

U.S. Imports from the World Are 

Increasing Rapidly in Absolute Terms. 

U.S. imports of other synthetic filament 

fabric from all sources increased from 

135,921 thousand square meters in 

January-June 2004 to 256,020 thousand 

square meters in January-June 2005 - an 

increase of 88 percent. Over thirty 

percent of this increase was attributable 

to imports from China. 

The Average Unit Value of Imports from 

China Is Falling in 2005. In 2004, the 

average unit value of U.S. other synthetic 

filament fabric imports from China was 

US$2.36 per square meter. In the period 

January-June 2005, the average unit 

value of those imports fell to US$0.70 

per square meter compared to US$0.77 

per square meter for ‘‘rest of world’’

imports. 

The U.S. Other Synthetic Filament 

Fabric Industry is Vulnerable to 

Increasing Imports. U.S. production fell 

by 13 percent between the first quarter 

of 2004 and the first quarter of 2005, 

while the share of the market held by 

U.S. producers fell by 15 percentage 

points during this period. 

[FR Doc. 05–17692 Filed 9–1–05; 12:04 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICF describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden; it includes the actual 

data collection instrument [if any]. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 6, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail 

B. Scott, Office of General Council, U.S. 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5139; 

FAX: (202) 418–5524; e-mail: 

gscott@cftc.gov. and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0033. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This is a request for extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: Title: Notification of 

Pending Legal Proceedings Pursuant to 

17 CFR 1.60, OMB Control No. 3038–

0033—Extension. 

The rule is designed to assist the 

Commission in monitoring legal 

proceedings involving the 

responsibilities imposed on contract 

markets and their officials and futures 

commission merchants and their 

principals by the Commodity Exchange 

Act, or otherwise. These rules are 

promulgated pursuant to the 

Commission’s rulemaking authority 

contained in sections 4a(a), 4i, and 8a(5) 

of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 6a(1), 6i, and 12a(5). 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the CFTC’s regulations 

were published on December 30, 1981. 

See 48 FR 63035 (Dec. 30, 1981). The 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

this collection of information was 

published on June 21, 2005 (70 FR 

35641). 

Burden statement: The respondent 

burden for this collection is estimated to 

average .10 hours per response. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 235. 

Estimated number of responses: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: .10 hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Send comments regarding the burden 

estimated or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the addresses listed below. Please refer 

to OMB Control No. 3038–0033 in any 

correspondence. 

Gail B. Scott, Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission, 1155 21st Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20581 and Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Attention: Desk Officer for CFTC, 725 

17th Street, Washington, DC 20503. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Jean A. Webb, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 05–17603 Filed 9–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities Under OMB Review 

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below has been forwarded to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

costs and burden; it includes the actual 

data collection instruments [if any]. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 6, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Lawrence B. Patent, Division 

of Clearing and Intermediary Oversight, 

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission, 1155 21st Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5439; 

FAX: (202) 418–5536; e-mail: 

lpatent@cftc.gov and refer to OMB 

Control No. 3038–0007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Rules Relating to Regulation of 

Domestic Exchange-Traded Options 

(OMB Control No. 3038–0007). This is 

a request for extension of a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: Rules Relating to Regulation 

of Domestic Exchange-Trade Options, 

OMB Control No. 3038–0007—

Extension. 

The rules require futures commission 

merchants and introducing brokers (1)