[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27425]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2078]


Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163; Ponce, Puerto Rico

    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 (FTZ) 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 Foreign-Trade Zones 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 CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, 
submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand FTZ 163 
to include a site at the Ponce Regional Distribution Center (Site 17) 
in Ponce, Puerto Rico, adjacent to the San Juan Customs and Border 
Protection port of entry (B-38-2018, docketed June 13, 2018);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (83 FR 28411-28412, June 19, 2018) 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 
the Board's regulations are satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
    The application to expand FTZ 163 is approved, subject to the FTZ 
Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

    Dated: December 13, 2018.
Christian B. Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2018-27425 Filed 12-18-18; 8:45 am]
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