[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5424]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1552]


Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Eastern Shipbuilding 
Group; (Shipbuilding); Panama City and Allanton, FL

    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 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 Port of Panama City, Florida, grantee of FTZ 65, has 
made application for authority to establish special-purpose subzone 
status at the shipbuilding facilities of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, 
located in Panama City and Allanton, Florida (FTZ Docket 21-2007, filed 
6-5-2007);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (72 FR 32278, 6-12-2007); 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 approval of the 
application would be in the public interest if approval were given 
subject to the standard shipyard restriction on foreign steel mill 
products;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone 
status for activity related to shipbuilding and repair at the shipyards 
of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, in Panama City and Allanton, Florida 
(Subzone 65A), at the locations described in the application, subject 
to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, 
and subject to the following special conditions: (1) Any foreign steel 
mill product admitted to the subzone, including plate, angles, shapes, 
channels, rolled steel stock, bars, pipes and tubes, not incorporated 
into merchandise otherwise classified, and which is used in 
manufacturing, shall be subject to customs duties in accordance with 
applicable law, unless the Executive Secretary determines that the same 
item is not then being produced by a domestic steel mill; (2) Eastern 
Shipbuilding Group shall annually advise the Board's Executive 
Secretary (Sec.  400.28(a)(3)) as to significant new contracts with 
appropriate information concerning foreign purchases otherwise 
dutiable, so that the Board may consider whether any foreign dutiable 
items are being imported for manufacturing in the subzone primarily 
because of subzone status and whether the Board should consider 
requiring customs duties to be paid on such items; and, (3) all 
foreign-origin textile floor coverings and carpet products (classified 
under HTSUS 5702.50) must be admitted to the subzone in privileged 
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) or domestic status (19 CFR 146.43).

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 7th day of March 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-5424 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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