[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 249 (Friday, December 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67183-67184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket A(32(c)-11-2001)]


Scope Determination Regarding the Effect on Foreign-Trade Zone 
Board Orders Resulting From Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States

    Summary: Pursuant to section 400.32 (c) of the FTZ Board 
regulations (15 CFR part 400), it has been determined that the scope of 
FTZ Board Orders will not be affected by the January 2002 modification 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
    As proposed, on January 1, 2002, modifications will take effect 
that will change the HTSUS classification numbers for certain product 
categories. Some Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Board Orders, particularly 
orders relating to oil refinery subzones, contain references to HTSUS 
numbers. Such references were intended to describe types of products 
that were either included in or excluded from the scope of Board 
actions. The scope of FTZ Board Orders will continue to apply to those 
products as described in the orders and related appendices, even though 
the HTSUS number describing the product may change. The scope of FTZ 
Board Orders should be interpreted as applying to the new HTSUS numbers 
based on the cross reference table published in the International Trade 
Commission's (ITC) report, ``Proposed Modifications to the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the

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United States'' (USITC Publication 3430, June 2001). The full report is 
available on the ITC website: http://www.usitc.gov/332s/332index.htm#SECTION 1205.
    Background: In November 1999, the ITC opened investigation No. 
1205-5, Proposed Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, in accordance with Section 1205 of the Omnibus Trade and 
Competitiveness Act of 1988. Under Section 1205, the ITC is charged 
with reviewing the HTS and recommending modifications when amendments 
are adopted by the World Customs Organization. The majority of current 
modifications to the tariff schedule are the result of sessions that 
took place between October 1993 and May 1999. Any changes to tariff 
rates are independent of the modification.
    The following table provides an example of the HTSUS changes 
relating to FTZ Board Orders for oil refinery subzones. It is not 
inclusive.

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                     Current HTS No.                        New HTS No.
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2710.00.05..............................................      2710.99.16
2710.00.05..............................................      2710.99.05
2710.00.05..............................................      2710.19.05
2710.00.10..............................................      2710.99.10
2710.00.10..............................................      2710.19.10
2710.00.20..............................................      2710.99.21
2710.00.20..............................................      2710.19.23
2710.00.25..............................................      2710.99.21
2710.00.25..............................................      2710.11.25
2710.00.45..............................................      2710.99.45
2710.00.45..............................................      2710.19.45
2710.00.45..............................................      2710.91.00
2710.00.45..............................................      2710.11.45
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    For Further Information Contact: Liz Whiteman or Diane Finver (202-
482-2862), Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: December 17, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
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