Citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand (701-TA-581 and 731-TA-1374-1376)

Paperwork Reduction Act
USITC Import Injury Investigations
Generic Clearence Submission
OMB Control Number 3117-0016

This form should only be used if you are submitting a collection of information for approval under the USITC import injury investigation clearance assigned OMB
Control Number 3117-0016. Submit this form, responses to the supplemental questions (if necessary), the collection instrument, and any additional documentation to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, Room 101002 725 17th Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20503
If the collection does not satisfy the requirements of the program clearance, you should follow the regular PRA clearance procedures described in 5 CRF 1320

Case identification information: (information relating to the import injury invesitgation for which questionnaires were issued under 3117-0016)
USITC investigation number

701-TA-581 and 731-TA-1374-1376

USITC title

Citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand
Final

USITC phase

Agency contact: (person who can best answer questions about the content of the submission)
Amelia Shister

USITC contact name
USITC contact phone

amelia.shister@usitc.gov

USITC contact email

612367
USITC
Number
Type

Number of
responses
(1)

Hours per
response
(2)

Cost per
hour
(3)

Total burden
hours
(1) x (2)

Cost per
response
(2) x (3)

Total cost
(1) x (2) x (3)

U.S. producers' questionnaire

18-1-3820

3

50

94.13

150

4,707

14,120

U.S. importers' questionnaire

18-2-3821

40

40

82.02

1600

3,281

131,232

U.S. purchasers' questionnaire

18-3-3822

15

25

92.56

375

2,314

34,710

Foreign producers' / exporters' questionnaire

18-4-3823

7

20

87.35

140

1,747

12,229

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

65

Case averages

34.846

185.358

2,265
2,958.315

Average cost per response (e.g., average of (2) x (3) across the collection)

192,291

Total cost of the collection (e.g., sum of each (1) x (2) x (3))
Certification: The collections of information requested by this submission meet the requirement of the OMB approval for OMB Control Number 3117-0016.

1/23/2018
Date

/s/ Jeremy Wise
Signature of USITC Paperwork Clearance Officer

Date submitted to OMB

Date approval received