[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5129]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2011 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 2011 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: Supriya Kumar, Subsidies Enforcement
Office; phone number: (202) 482-3530; 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 2011 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 2011 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 2010, USVI program producers shipped 63,990
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 2010, and the creditable
wages and benefits paid by these producers during calendar year 2010 to
residents of the territory was a combined total of $1,214,003.
The calendar year 2011 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.
Carole Showers,
Director, Office of Policy, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce.
Dated: March 1, 2011.
Nikolao Pula,
Director of Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2011-5129 Filed 3-7-11; 8:45 am]
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