U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
FOREIGN-TRADE ZONES BOARD
ORDER NO. 901
GRANT OF AUTHORITY FOR SUBZONE STATUS
ABBOTT MANUFACTURING, INC.
(Infant Formula, Adult Nutritional Products)
STURGIS, MICHIGAN
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, by an Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, an Act To provide 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, as amended (19
U.S.C. 81a-81u) (the Act), the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) is authorized
to grant to qualified corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs ports of entry;
WHEREAS, the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400) provide for the establishment
of special-purpose subzones when existing zone facilities cannot serve the specific use
involved;
WHEREAS, an application from the City of Battle Creek, Michigan, grantee of
Foreign-Trade Zone 43, for authority to establish special-purpose subzone status for
export activity at the infant formula and adult nutritional products manufacturing plant
of Abbott Manufacturing, Inc.,in Sturgis, Michigan, was filed by the Board on March
12, 1996, and notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register
(FTZ Docket 22-96, 61 FR 12059, 3/25/96); 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 are
satisfied, and that approval of the application for export manufacturing is in the
public interest;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby grants authority for subzone status at the
Abbott Manufacturing, Inc., plant in Sturgis, Michigan (Subzone 43C), at the location
described in the application, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations,
including Sec. 400.28, and subject to the further requirement that all foreign origin
dairy products and sugar admitted to the subzone shall be reexported.
Signed at Washington, DC, this day of 1997.
Jeffrey P. Bialos
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Enforcement and Compliance
Alternate Chairman
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
ATTEST:
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.
Executive Secretary