[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 192 (Friday, October 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57404-57405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-25161]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1300]


Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (Motor Vehicles), 
Foreign-Trade Subzone 98A; Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., 
Tuscaloosa County, AL

    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 City of Birmingham, Alabama, grantee of Foreign-Trade 
Zone 98, has requested authority on behalf of Mercedes-Benz U.S. 
International, Inc. (MBUSI), operator of FTZ 98A, at the MBUSI motor 
vehicle manufacturing plant in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to expand 
the scope of manufacturing authority to include new manufacturing 
capacity under FTZ procedures (FTZ Doc. 59-2002, filed 12-17-2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 79046, 12-27-2002);
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the

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examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and 
the Board's regulations are satisfied, and that approval of the 
application is in the public interest;
    Now Therefore, the Board hereby approves the request, subject to 
the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 17th day of 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-25161 Filed 10-2-03; 8:45 am]
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