[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 10463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4862]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Insular Affairs; Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for
Calendar Year 2010 for Watch Producers Located in the United States
Virgin Islands
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2010 duty exemptions for
watch assembly producers (``program producers'') located in the United
States Virgin Islands (``USVI'') pursuant to Public Law 97-446, as
amended by Public Law 103-465, Public Law 106-36 and Public Law 108-429
(``the Act'').
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Campbell, Statutory Import
Programs; phone number: (202) 482-2239; fax number: (202) 501-7952; and
e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the
Interior and Commerce (``the Departments'') share responsibility for
the allocation of duty exemptions among program producers in the United
States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. In
accordance with section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)),
the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for
calendar year 2010 is 1,866,000 units for the USVI. This amount was
established in Changes in Watch, Watch Movement and Jewelry Program for
the U.S. Insular Possessions, 65 FR 8048 (February 17, 2000). There are
currently no program producers in Guam, American Samoa or the Northern
Mariana Islands.
The criteria for the calculation of the calendar year 2010 duty-
exemption allocations among program producers within a particular
territory are set forth in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR
303.14). The Departments have verified and, where appropriate, adjusted
the data submitted in application form ITA-334P by USVI program
producers and have inspected these producers' operations in accordance
with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.5).
In calendar year 2009, USVI program producers shipped 73,096
watches and watch movements into the customs territory of the United
States under the Act. The dollar amount of corporate income taxes paid
by USVI program producers during calendar year 2009, and the creditable
wages and benefits paid by these producers during calendar year 2009 to
residents of the territory was a combined total of $1,501,892.
The calendar year 2010 USVI annual duty exemption allocations,
based on the data verified by the Departments, are as follows:
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Annual
Program producer allocation
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Belair Quartz, Inc...................................... 500,000
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The balance of the units allocated to the USVI is available for new
entrants into the program or existing program producers who request a
supplement to their allocation.
Dated: March 2, 2010.
Carole Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary For Import Administration, Department
of Commerce.
Dated: March 2, 2010.
Nikolao Pula,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, Department of
the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2010-4862 Filed 3-5-10; 8:45 am]
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