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OMB Control No: 0608-0004	ICR Reference No: 200612-0608-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200603-0608-001
Agency/Subagency: DOC/EASA	Agency Tracking No: 200712-0608-001
Title: Direct Transactions of U.S. Reporter With Foreign Affiliate
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/09/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/19/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2009	05/31/2009	05/31/2009
Responses	54,000	0	54,000
Time Burden (Hours)	54,000	0	67,500
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	54,000	54,000	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	54,000	67,500	-13,500
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Forms

Short Statement: Delete questions from Form BE-577 requesting information on receipts and payments for services transactions between the U.S. business enterprise and their foreign affiliates. BEA has proposed to include these questions on its surveys covering trade in services, beginning with the first quarter of calendar year 2007.