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The value of shipments, especially 

when adjusted for change in inventory, 

measures current levels of production. 

Changes in the level of unfilled orders, 

because of excess or shortfall of new 

orders compared with shipments, are 

used to measure the excess (or 

deficiency) in the demand for 

manufactured products. Changes in the 

level of inventories and the relation of 

these to shipments are used to project 

future movements in manufacturing 

activity. These statistics are valuable for 

analysts of business cycle conditions, 

including members of the CEA, BEA, 

FRB, Department of Treasury, business 

firms, trade associates, private research 

and consulting agencies, and the 

academic community. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Frequency: Every five years. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: The M3DOD survey 

will be conducted on a mandatory basis 

under the authority of Title 13, United 

State Code, Sections 131, 182, 193 and 

224. 

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 6625, 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). 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Direct Investments 

Survey: Direct Transactions of U.S. 

Reporter with Foreign Affiliate 

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 

take this opportunity 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 5 p.m. October 

14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diane Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, or via e-mail at 

dhynek@doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to David Galler, Chief, Direct 

Investment Division (BE–50), Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; 

phone: (202) 606–9835; fax: (202) 606–

5318; or via e-mail at 

David.Galler@bea.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Form BE–577, Direct 

Transactions of U.S. Reporter with 

Foreign Affiliate, obtains quarterly data 

on transactions and positions between 

U.S.-owned foreign business enterprises 

and their U.S. parent companies. The 

survey is a sample survey that covers all 

foreign affiliates above a size-exemption 

level. The sample data are used to 

derive universe estimates in 

nonbenchmark years from similar data 

reported in the BE–10, Benchmark 

Survey of U.S. Direct Investment 

Abroad, which is taken every five years. 

The data are used in the preparation of 

the U.S. international transactions 

accounts, the input-output accounts, 

and the national income and product 

accounts. The data are needed to 

measure the size and economic 

significance of direct investment abroad, 

measure changes in such investment, 

and assess its impact on the U.S. and 

foreign economies. 

The data from the survey are 

primarily intended as general purpose 

statistics. They should be readily 

available to answer any number of 

research and policy questions related to 

U.S. direct investment abroad. 

The form remains the same as in the 

past. No changes in the data collected or 

in exemption levels are proposed. 

II. Method of Collection 

Survey forms will be sent to U.S. 

parent companies each quarter; 

responses will be due within 30 days 

after the close of each fiscal quarter, 

except for the final quarter of the fiscal 

year, when reports should be filed 

within 45 days. A report must be filed 

for every foreign business enterprise 

whose voting stock (or the equivalent) is 

owned 10 percent or more by a U.S. 

business enterprise and for which any 

one of the following three items was 

greater than $40 million (positive or 

negative) at the end of, or for, the 

foreign business enterprise’s fiscal year: 

(1) Total assets, (2) sales or gross 

operating revenues excluding sales 

taxes, or (3) net income after provision 

for foreign income taxes. 

As an alternative to filing paper 

forms, BEA will offer an electronic filing 

option, its eFile system, for use in 

reporting on Form BE–577. For more 

information about eFile go to http:// 

www.bea.gov/efile. 

Potential respondents are the U.Sowned foreign business enterprises that 

were reported in the last benchmark 

survey of U.S. direct investment abroad, 

which covered the data year 2004, along 

with the foreign business enterprises 

that subsequently entered the direct 

investment universe. The data collected 

are sample data. Universe estimates are 

developed from the reported sample 

data. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0608–0004. 

Form Number: BE–577. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15,500 per quarter; 62,000 annually. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour 

is the average, but may vary according 

to the number, size, and complexity of 

the businesses covered by the response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 62,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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 


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1See submission from Micron to the Department, 

Re: Dynamic Random Access Memory 

Semiconductors From South Korea/Petitioner’s 

New Subsidies Allegation And New Issues 

Presented (Dec. 17, 2007) (‘‘New Subsidy 

Allegations’’). 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 8, 2008. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–18699 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

North American Free Trade Agreement 

(NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel 

Reviews: Notice of Completion of 

Panel Review 

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United 

States Section, International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Completion of Panel 

Review of the International Trade 

Administration’s Final Scope Ruling 

Regarding Entries Made Under HTSUS 

4409.10.05 in Certain Softwood Lumber 

Products from Canada (Secretariat File 

No. USA–CDA–2006–1904–05). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Order of the 

Binational Panel dated June 25, 2008, 

the determination described above was 

completed on June 25, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Dees, United States Secretary, 

NAFTA Secretariat, Suite 2061, 14th 

and Constitution Avenue, Washington, 

DC 20230, (202) 482–5438. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

25, 2008, the Binational Panel issued a 

memorandum opinion and order, which 

granted the International Trade 

Administration’s Motion to Dismiss the 

Complaints, concerning Certain 

Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada. The Secretariat was instructed 

to issue a Notice of Completion of Panel 

Review on the 31st day following the 

issuance of the Notice of Final Panel 

Action, if no request for an 

Extraordinary Challenge was filed. No 

such request was filed. Therefore, on the 

basis of the Panel Order and Rule 80 of 

the Article 1904 Panel Rules, the Panel 

Review was completed and the panelists 

were discharged from their duties 

effective June 25, 2008. 

Dated: August 7, 2008. 

Valerie Dees, 

United States Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat. 

[FR Doc. E8–18637 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–GT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–851] 

Dynamic Random Access Memory 

Semiconductors from the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

is conducting an administrative review 

of the countervailing duty order on 

dynamic random access memory 

semiconductors from the Republic of 

Korea for the period January 1, 2006, 

through December 31, 2006. We 

preliminarily find that Hynix 

Semiconductor, Inc. received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review. If these preliminary 

results are adopted in our final results 

of this review, we will instruct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to assess 

countervailing duties as detailed in the 

‘‘Preliminary Results of Review’’ section 

of this notice. Interested parties are 

invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. See the ‘‘Public 

Comment’’ section of this notice. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 13, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Neubacher or Shane Subler, 

Office of AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Room 3069, 14th Street 

and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–5823 and (202) 482–0189, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 11, 2003, the Department 

of Commerce (‘‘the Department’’) 

published a countervailing duty order 

on dynamic random access memory 

semiconductors (‘‘DRAMS’’) from the 

Republic of Korea (‘‘ROK’’). See Notice 

of Countervailing Duty Order: Dynamic 

Random Access Memory 

Semiconductors from the Republic of 

Korea, 68 FR 47546 (Aug. 11, 2003) 

(‘‘CVD Order’’). On August 2, 2007, the 

Department published a notice of 

‘‘Opportunity to Request Administrative 

Review’’ for this countervailing duty 

order. See Antidumping or 

Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 

Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review, 72 

FR 42383 (Aug. 2, 2007). On August 27, 

2007, we received a request for review 

from Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. 

(‘‘Hynix’’). On August 29, 2007, we 

received a request for review of Hynix 

from the petitioner, Micron Technology, 

Inc. (‘‘Micron’’). In accordance with 19 

CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we published a 

notice of initiation of the review on 

September 25, 2007. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 54428 

(September 25, 2007) (‘‘Initiation 

Notice’’). 

On October 23, 2007, we issued 

countervailing duty questionnaires to 

the Government of the Republic of 

Korea (‘‘GOK’’) and Hynix. We received 

responses to these questionnaires on 

November 26, 2007. On April 1, 2008, 

we issued supplemental questionnaires 

to the GOK and Hynix. We received 

timely responses to these supplemental 

questionnaires on April 15, 2008. We 

issued additional supplemental 

questionnaires to the GOK and Hynix on 

June 12, and July 16, 2008, and received 

responses on June 26, and July 23, 2008, 

respectively. 

We received new subsidy allegations 

from Micron on December 17, 2007.1 On 

March 17, 2008, we initiated an 

investigation of one of the two new 

subsidies that Micron alleged in this 

administrative review. In addition, we 

stated that we did not intend to 

reexamine the timing of the benefit of a 

previously countervailed debt-to-equity 

swap (‘‘DES’’) for the preliminary 

results. See Fourth Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Dynamic 

Random Access Memory 

Semiconductors from Korea: New 

Subsidy Allegations Memorandum 

(Mar. 17, 2008) (‘‘New Subsidy 

Allegations—DOC Memorandum’’), 

available in the Central Records Unit 

(‘‘CRU’’), Room 1117 of the main 

Department building. On March 25, 

2008, we issued questionnaires 

concerning the new subsidy allegation 

to Hynix and the GOK. We received a 

response to this questionnaire from 

Hynix on April 8, 2008, and from the 

GOK on April 9, 2008. On July 14, 2008, 

Micron submitted comments for 

consideration in the preliminary results. 

On April 7, 2008, we published a 

postponement of the preliminary results 

in this review until July 31, 2008. See 

Dynamic Random Access Memory 

Semiconductors from the Republic of 

Korea: Extension of Time Limit for 

Preliminary Results of the 


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