[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25442]
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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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
Bureau: International Trade Administration.
Title: International Buyer Program: Application and Exhibitor Data.
Agency Form Number: ITA-4014P and ITA-4102P.
OMB Number: 0625-0151.
Type of Request: Regular Submission.
Burden: 919 hours.
Number of Respondents: 4,080.
Avg. Hours Per Response: 190 minutes for the application and 10
minutes for the exhibitor data.
Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's,
International buyer Program (IBP), encourages international buyers to
attend selected domestic trade shows in high export potential
industries and to facilitate contact between US exhibitors and foreign
visitors. The program has been successful having substantially
increased the number of foreign visitors attending these selected shows
as compared to the attendance when not supported by the program. The
number of shows selected to the program increased from 10 in 1986 to 26
in 1997. Among the criteria used to select these shows are: export
potential, international interest, scope of the show, stature of the
show, exhibitor interest, overseas marketing, logistics, and
cooperation of show organizers. Form ITA-4014P, ``Exhibitor Data,'' is
used to determine which U.S. firms are interested in meeting with
international business visitors and the overseas business interests of
the exhibitors. The exhibitor data form is completed by U.S. exhibitors
participating in an IBP domestic trade show and is used to list the
firm and its products in an Export Interest Directory which is
distributed worldwide for use by Foreign Commercial Officers in
recruiting delegations of international buyers to attend the show. The
Form ITA-4102P, ``Application,'' is used by a potential show organizer
to provide (1) his/her experience, (2) ability to meet the special
conditions of the IBP, and (3) information about the domestic trade
show such as the number of U.S. exhibitors and the percentage of net
exhibit space occupied by U.S. companies vis-a-vis non-U.S. exhibitors.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit,
voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Patrick Boyd, (202) 395-7340.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance
Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and
Constitution, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent to Pat Boyd, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202,
New Executive Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC
20503.
Dated: September 19, 1997.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and
Organization.
[FR Doc. 97-25442 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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