[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 6536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2917]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1807]


Approval for Manufacturing Authority; Foreign-Trade Zone 177; 
Best Chair, Inc., d/b/a Best Home Furnishings, Inc. (Upholstered 
Furniture); Ferdinand, Cannelton, and Paoli, IN

    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 Ports of Indiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 177, 
has requested manufacturing authority on behalf of Best Chair, Inc., d/
b/a Best Home Furnishings, Inc., within FTZ 177 in Ferdinand, 
Cannelton, and Paoli, Indiana (FTZ Docket 22-2011, filed 3-17-2011);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 16379, 3-23-2011) and the application has been 
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations; 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 the proposal would be 
in the public interest if approval were subject to certain restrictions 
and conditions;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application for manufacturing authority under zone procedures 
within FTZ 177 on behalf of Best Chair, Inc., d/b/a Best Home 
Furnishings, Inc. (Best Home), as described in the application and 
Federal Register notice, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the 
Board's regulations, including Section 400.28, and further subject to 
the following restrictions and conditions:
    1. The annual quantitative volume of foreign micro-denier suede 
upholstery fabric finished with a hot caustic soda solution that Best 
Home may admit to FTZ 177 under nonprivileged foreign status (19 CFR 
Sec.  146.42) is limited to 2.28 million square yards.
    2. Best Home must admit all foreign-origin upholstery fabrics other 
than micro-denier suede fabric finished with a hot caustic soda 
solution to the zone under domestic (duty-paid) status (19 CFR 146.43).
    3. For the purpose of monitoring by the FTZ Staff, Best Home shall 
submit additional operating information to supplement its annual report 
data.
    4. The authority for Best Home shall remain in effect for a period 
of five years from the date of approval by the FTZ Board.

     Signed at Washington, DC, this 31st day of January 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2012-2917 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
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