NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(Order No. 625)
Approval of Export Manufacturing Activity (Luggage, Bags, and Cases) Within
Foreign-Trade Zone 9, Honolulu, HI
Thursday, January 21, 1993
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,
1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), and the Foreign-Trade
Zones (FTZ) Board Regulations (15 CFR part 400), the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board (the Board) adopts the following order:
Whereas, § 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations, requires approval of
the Board prior to commencement of new manufacturing/processing activity
within existing zone facilities;
Whereas, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism of
the State of Hawaii, grantee of FTZ 9, has requested authority under §
400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations on behalf of the Hawaii Bag
Company, Inc., to manufacture leather and plastic luggage, bags and cases
for export under zone procedures within FTZ 9, Honolulu, Hawaii (filed
11/22/92, A(32b1)-4-92; Doc. 40-92, assigned 12/29/92);
Whereas, pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1), the Commerce Department's Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance has authority to act for the Board in
making such decisions on new manufacturing/processing activity under
certain circumstances, including situations where the proposed activity is
for export only (§ 400.32(b)(1)(ii)); and,
Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed the proposal, taking into account the
criteria of § 400.31, and the Executive Secretary has recommended approval;
Now, Therefore, the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, acting
for the Board pursuant to § 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the recommendation and
hereby approves the request subject to the Act and the Board's Regulations
(as revised, 56 FR 50790-50808, 10/8/91), including § 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 11th day of January, 1993, pursuant to Order
of the Board.
Alan M. Dunn,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, Chairman,
Committee of Alternates,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
(FR Doc. 93-1348 Filed 1-19-93; 8:45 am)