Notice2025-15645
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
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August 18, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentEconomic Analysis Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 157 (Monday, August 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 40055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15645]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Direct Investment Surveys: BE-11, Annual Survey of U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on 06/16/2025 during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Department of Commerce.
Title: Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad.
OMB Control Number: 0608-0053.
Form Number: BE-11.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved
collection.
Number of Respondents: 3,000 respondents (U.S. parents). A complete
response includes a BE-11 A form for the U.S. parent's domestic
operation and one or more BE-11 B or D forms for its foreign affiliates
that meet the BE-11 survey requirements. BEA estimates that U.S.
parents will submit 3,000 A forms, 22,000 B forms, 130 D forms, and 500
Claim for Exemption forms.
Average Hours per Response: 95.2 hours per respondent (285,630
hours/3,000 U.S. parents) is the average but may vary considerably
among respondents because of differences in company structure,
complexity, and the number of foreign affiliates each U.S. parent must
report.
Burden Hours: 285,630 hours. Total annual burden is calculated by
multiplying the estimated number of submissions of each form by the
average hourly burden per form, which is 7 hours for the A form, 12
hours for the B form, 1 hour for the D form, and 1 hour for the Claim
for Exemption form.
Needs and Uses: The Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
(BE-11) obtains sample data on the financial structure and operations
of U.S. parents and their foreign affiliates. The data are needed to
provide reliable, useful, and timely measures of U.S. direct investment
abroad to assess its impact on the U.S. and foreign economies. 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 conducted every five years. The data
collected include balance sheets; income statements; property, plant,
and equipment; employment and employee compensation; merchandise trade;
sales of goods and services; taxes; and research and development
activity.
Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Annual.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (P. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce
collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0608-0053.
Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2025-15645 Filed 8-15-25; 8:45 am]
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