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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, ForeignTrade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–31343 Filed 1–2–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1599]
Approval of Manufacturing Authority
Within Foreign–Trade Zone 158,
Vicksburg/Jackson, MS, H.M. Richards,
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 H.M. Richards
(Richards), to manufacture upholstered
furniture and related parts under FTZ
procedures within FTZ 158 Site 15 (FTZ
Docket 29–2007, 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 H.M. Richards, 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:
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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 Richards may admit to
the zone under nonprivileged
foreign status (19 CFR § 146.42) is
limited to 3.6 million square yards;
3)Richards 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)Richards 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. E8–31359 Filed 1–2–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 1598]
Approval of Manufacturing Authority
Within Foreign–Trade Zone 158m
Vicksburg/Jackson, MS, Lane
Furniture Industries, 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 Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc. (Lane), to manufacture
upholstered furniture and related parts
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 158
Sites 14 (Belden, MS), 16 (Saltillo, MS),
and 17 (Verona, MS) (FTZ Docket 28–
2007, filed 7–26–2007);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment has been given in the Federal
Register (72 FR 43233, 8–3–2007);
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
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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 Lane Furniture Industries, 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 Lane may admit to the
zone under nonprivileged foreign
status (19 CFR § 146.42) is limited
to 6.5 million square yards;
3)Lane 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)Lane 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. E8–31360 Filed 1–2–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 0812221638–81639–01]
Request for Public Comments on the
Effects of Export Controls on
Decisions To Use or Not Use U.S.Origin Parts and Components in
Commercial Products and the Effects
of Such Decisions
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS) is seeking public
comment on whether U.S. export
controls influence manufacturers’
decisions to use or not use U.S.-origin
parts and components in commercial
products and the effects of such
decisions. BIS is interested in obtaining
specific information about whether such
a practice occurs, and if so, its economic
effects in order to assess the
effectiveness of export controls as well
as the impact of export controls on the
U.S. economy.
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than February 19, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted via e-mail to
publiccomments@bis.doc.gov. Please
Refer to ‘‘Parts and Components
Inquiry’’ in the subject line. Comments
may also be sent to Parts and
Components Study, Office of
Technology Evaluation, Room 2705,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Watts, Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and
Security, telephone: 202–482–8343; fax:
202–482–5361; e-mail
jwatts@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Export controls imposed by various
agencies of the United States
government, including, but not limited
to, those imposed by BIS necessarily
have an impact outside the United
States. Certain U.S. export control
regulations impose license requirements
or other restrictions on commercial
items manufactured outside the United
States if those foreign-manufactured
items contain U.S.-origin parts and
components. BIS is seeking information
to help it assess the impact of U.S.
export controls on decisions by
manufacturers whether to use U.S.origin parts and components in their
commercial products and the impact of
such decisions on the effectiveness of
export controls, the strength of the
defense industrial base, employment in
the United States, the financial strength
of U.S. industry, and the ability of U.S.
industry to compete in the market.
Specific and quantitative data, from
U.S. persons, as well as foreign entities
and governments, will be particularly
helpful to BIS’s assessment, but other
types of information, including
anecdotal information, will be useful as
well. Quantitative data that is
aggregated to reflect the combined
experience of a group of companies or
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an industry segment also will be useful,
particularly if individual companies are
reluctant to provide company-specific
quantitative data.
Regardless of whether it is qualitative
or quantitative, if a comment asserts that
manufacturers have elected not to
include U.S.-origin parts and
components in a foreign-manufactured
commercial product because such
inclusion could subject the products to
U.S. export controls, the following kinds
of data would be useful to BIS’s
assessment:
• Any evidence or information about
the existence of advertising or marketing
efforts that use the absence of U.S.
origin components or exemption from
U.S. export controls as a selling point.
• Any information about possible
customer preferences for products that
do not contain U.S.-origin components,
and whether such preference may be
related to relevant U.S. export controls.
• Any information describing parts
and components that manufacturers
may elect not to use because of their
U.S. origin and any information
regarding the products into which such
parts and components are incorporated.
• Any information about sales lost by
U.S. suppliers to non-U.S. competitors.
• Any information about specific
commercial products that were designed
or modified to explicitly exclude U.S.
parts and components due to U.S.
export controls.
• Any information about decisions to
locate or relocate production facilities
outside the United States, including a
description of which items (including
relevant commodity classification
information, such as Export Control
Classification Number) would be
produced abroad.
• Any information about the possible
economic impact (e.g., employment,
outsourcing of specific expenditures
such as research and development) to
companies, industry segments or
communities of any decision not to use
U.S.-origin parts and components
because of U.S. export controls,
including any possible impact on the
ability to support specific defense
industrial base activities.
How To Comment
All comments must be in writing and
submitted to one of the addresses
indicated above. Comments must be
received by BIS no later than February
19, 2009. BIS may consider comments
received after that date if feasible to do
so, but such consideration can not be
assured. All comments submitted in
response to this notice will be made a
matter of public record, and will be
available for public inspection and
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copying. Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly
identify the business confidential
portion of the submission and also
provide a non-confidential submission
that can be placed in the public record.
BIS will seek to protect business
confidential information from public
disclosure to the extent permitted by
law.
Dated: December 24, 2008.
Christopher R. Wall,
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–31233 Filed 1–2–09; 8:45 am]
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Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding, or Suspended
Investigation; Advance Notification of
Sunset Reviews
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
Background
Every five years, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, the Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) and the
International Trade Commission
automatically initiate and conduct a
review to determine whether revocation
of a countervailing or antidumping duty
order or termination of an investigation
suspended under section 704 or 734
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping or a
countervailable subsidy (as the case may
be) and of material injury.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD Operations,
Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department
of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–1391.
Upcoming Sunset Reviews for February
2009
There are no Sunset Reviews
scheduled for initiation in February
2009.
For information on the Department’s
procedures for the conduct of sunset
reviews, See 19 CFR 351.218. This
notice is not required by statute but is
published as a service to the
international trading community.
Guidance on methodological or
analytical issues relevant to the
Department’s conduct of Sunset
Reviews is set forth in the Department’s
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[FR Doc No: E8-31233]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 0812221638-81639-01]
Request for Public Comments on the Effects of Export Controls on
Decisions To Use or Not Use U.S.-Origin Parts and Components in
Commercial Products and the Effects of Such Decisions
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of inquiry.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking public
comment on whether U.S. export controls influence manufacturers'
decisions to use or not use U.S.-origin parts and components in
commercial products and the effects of such decisions. BIS is
interested in obtaining specific information about whether such a
practice occurs, and if so, its economic effects in order to assess the
effectiveness of export controls as well as the impact of export
controls on the U.S. economy.
DATES: Comments must be received no later than February 19, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted via e-mail to
publiccomments@bis.doc.gov. Please Refer to ``Parts and Components
Inquiry'' in the subject line. Comments may also be sent to Parts and
Components Study, Office of Technology Evaluation, Room 2705, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Watts, Office of Technology
Evaluation, Bureau of Industry and Security, telephone: 202-482-8343;
fax: 202-482-5361; e-mail jwatts@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Export controls imposed by various agencies of the United States
government, including, but not limited to, those imposed by BIS
necessarily have an impact outside the United States. Certain U.S.
export control regulations impose license requirements or other
restrictions on commercial items manufactured outside the United States
if those foreign-manufactured items contain U.S.-origin parts and
components. BIS is seeking information to help it assess the impact of
U.S. export controls on decisions by manufacturers whether to use U.S.-
origin parts and components in their commercial products and the impact
of such decisions on the effectiveness of export controls, the strength
of the defense industrial base, employment in the United States, the
financial strength of U.S. industry, and the ability of U.S. industry
to compete in the market.
Specific and quantitative data, from U.S. persons, as well as
foreign entities and governments, will be particularly helpful to BIS's
assessment, but other types of information, including anecdotal
information, will be useful as well. Quantitative data that is
aggregated to reflect the combined experience of a group of companies
or an industry segment also will be useful, particularly if individual
companies are reluctant to provide company-specific quantitative data.
Regardless of whether it is qualitative or quantitative, if a
comment asserts that manufacturers have elected not to include U.S.-
origin parts and components in a foreign-manufactured commercial
product because such inclusion could subject the products to U.S.
export controls, the following kinds of data would be useful to BIS's
assessment:
Any evidence or information about the existence of
advertising or marketing efforts that use the absence of U.S. origin
components or exemption from U.S. export controls as a selling point.
Any information about possible customer preferences for
products that do not contain U.S.-origin components, and whether such
preference may be related to relevant U.S. export controls.
Any information describing parts and components that
manufacturers may elect not to use because of their U.S. origin and any
information regarding the products into which such parts and components
are incorporated.
Any information about sales lost by U.S. suppliers to non-
U.S. competitors.
Any information about specific commercial products that
were designed or modified to explicitly exclude U.S. parts and
components due to U.S. export controls.
Any information about decisions to locate or relocate
production facilities outside the United States, including a
description of which items (including relevant commodity classification
information, such as Export Control Classification Number) would be
produced abroad.
Any information about the possible economic impact (e.g.,
employment, outsourcing of specific expenditures such as research and
development) to companies, industry segments or communities of any
decision not to use U.S.-origin parts and components because of U.S.
export controls, including any possible impact on the ability to
support specific defense industrial base activities.
How To Comment
All comments must be in writing and submitted to one of the
addresses indicated above. Comments must be received by BIS no later
than February 19, 2009. BIS may consider comments received after that
date if feasible to do so, but such consideration can not be assured.
All comments submitted in response to this notice will be made a matter
of public record, and will be available for public inspection and
copying. Anyone submitting business confidential information should
clearly identify the business confidential portion of the submission
and also provide a non-confidential submission that can be placed in
the public record. BIS will seek to protect business confidential
information from public disclosure to the extent permitted by law.
Dated: December 24, 2008.
Christopher R. Wall,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-31233 Filed 1-2-09; 8:45 am]
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