[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 53885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20156]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1350]


Approval of Manufacturing Authority Within Foreign-Trade Zone 82; 
Mobile, Alabama; Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company (Shipbuilding)

    Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of 
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:

    Whereas, the City of Mobile, Alabama, grantee of FTZ 82, has 
requested authority under Section 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's 
regulations on behalf of Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company 
(Bender), to construct and repair oceangoing vessels under FTZ 
procedures within FTZ 82--Site 1, Mobile, Alabama (Docket 37-2003, 
filed 7-29-2003);
    Whereas, pursuant to 15 CFR 400.32(b)(1), the Commerce Department's 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration has the authority to act 
for the Board in making such decisions on new manufacturing/processing 
activity under certain circumstances, including situations where the 
proposed activity is the same, in terms of products involved, to 
activity recently approved by the Board (Sec.  400.32(b)(1)(i));
    Whereas, the proposed shipbuilding and repair activity would be 
subject to the ``Standard Shipyard Restriction'' (full Customs duties 
paid on steel mill products); and,
    Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed the proposal, taking into 
account the criteria of Section 400.31, and the Executive Secretary has 
recommended approval, subject to restriction;
    Now, Therefore, the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
acting for the Board pursuant to Section 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the 
recommendation and hereby approves the request subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and the following 
special conditions:

    1. Any foreign steel mill product admitted to the subzone, 
including plate, angles, shapes, channels, rolled steel stock, bars, 
pipes and tubes, not incorporated into merchandise otherwise 
classified, and which is used in manufacturing, shall be subject to 
full Customs duties in accordance with applicable law, unless the 
Executive Secretary determines that the same item is not then being 
produced by a domestic steel mill.
    2. In addition to the annual report, Bender shall advise the 
Board's Executive Secretary (Sec.  400.28(a)(3)) as to significant 
new contracts with appropriate information concerning foreign 
purchases otherwise dutiable, so that the Board may consider whether 
any foreign dutiable items are being imported for manufacturing in 
the subzone primarily because of subzone status and whether the 
Board should consider requiring Customs duties to be paid on such 
items.
    3. All foreign-origin netting of twine, cordage, or rope covered 
by Textile Category 229 must be admitted under domestic status (19 
CFR 146.43).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of August 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 04-20156 Filed 9-2-04; 8:45 am]
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