[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 11426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4673]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1745]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status Klaussner Home Furnishings 
(Upholstered Furniture) Asheboro and Candor, NC

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

    Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones Act provides for ``* * *the 
establishment * * * of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the 
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for 
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to grant 
to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade 
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of 
entry;
    Whereas, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the 
establishment of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities 
cannot serve the specific use involved, and when the activity results 
in a significant public benefit and is in the public interest;
    Whereas, the Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 230, has made application to the Board for authority to establish 
a special-purpose subzone at the upholstered furniture manufacturing 
facilities of Klaussner Home Furnishings located in Asheboro and 
Candor, North Carolina (FTZ Docket 59-2009, filed 12-16-2009);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (74 FR 69329, 12-31-2009) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; and,
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the 
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that the proposal would be 
in the public interest if subject to the restrictions listed below;
    Now, Therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to the manufacture of upholstered furniture 
at the Klaussner Home Furnishings facilities located in Asheboro and 
Candor, North Carolina (Subzone 230D), as described in the application 
and Federal Register notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's 
regulations, including Section 400.28, and further subject to the 
following conditions:
    1. The annual quantitative volume of foreign micro-denier suede 
upholstery fabric finished with a hot caustic soda solution that 
Klaussner Home Furnishings may admit to the proposed subzone under 
nonprivileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.42) is limited to 5.79 million 
square yards.
    2. Klaussner Home Furnishings must admit all foreign-origin 
upholstery fabrics other than micro-denier suede fabric finished with a 
hot caustic soda solution to the proposed subzone under domestic (duty-
paid) status (19 CFR 146.43).
    3. For the purpose of monitoring by the FTZ Staff, Klaussner Home 
Furnishings shall submit additional operating information to supplement 
its annual report data.
    4. The subzone authority for the Klaussner Home Furnishings 
facilities shall remain in effect for a period of five years from the 
date of approval by the FTZ Board.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 18 day of February 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
ATTEST:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-4673 Filed 3-1-11; 8:45 am]
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