[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 262-263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31343]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1600]


Approval of Manufacturing Authority Within Foreign-Trade Zone 
158, Vicksburg/Jackson, MS; Bauhaus USA, Inc. (Upholstered Furniture)

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

    Whereas, the Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., 
grantee of FTZ 158, has requested authority under Section 400.28 
(a)(2) of the Board's regulations on behalf of Bauhaus USA, Inc. 
(Bauhaus), to manufacture upholstered furniture and related parts 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 158--Site 16 (FTZ Docket 30-2007, 
filed 7-26-2007);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (72 FR 43232, 8-3-2007);
    Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of 
the examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations would be satisfied, and that 
approval of the application would be in the public interest if 
approval were subject to certain restrictions;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby grants authority for the 
manufacture of upholstered furniture and related parts (upholstery 
seat covers) within FTZ 158 for Bauhaus USA, Inc., as described in 
the application and Federal Register notice, subject to the Act and 
the Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and further 
subject to the following restrictions:
    (1) The manufacturing authority shall not commence earlier than 
January 2, 2009 and shall remain in effect for a period of five 
years from the later of January 2, 2009 or the date of approval;
    (2) The annual volume of the foreign micro-denier suede 
upholstery fabric finished with a caustic soda solution that Bauhaus 
may admit to the zone under

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nonprivileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.42) is limited to 3.5 
million square yards;
    (3) Bauhaus must admit all foreign-origin upholstery fabrics 
other than micro-denier suede upholstery fabric finished with a 
caustic soda solution to the zone under domestic (duty-paid) status 
(19 CFR 146.43); and,
    (4) Bauhaus shall submit supplemental annual report data for the 
purpose of monitoring by the FTZ Staff.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of December 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
    Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-31343 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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