Approval of Expanded Subzone Status; BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC; Duncan, South Carolina

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identifier: "/us/fr/2017-27783"
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title: "Approval of Expanded Subzone Status; BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC; Duncan, South Carolina"
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title_name: "Federal Register"
section_number: "2017-27783"
section_name: "Approval of Expanded Subzone Status; BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC; Duncan, South Carolina"
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currency: "2017-12-26"
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agency: "Commerce Department"
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document_type: "notice"
publication_date: "2017-12-26"
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  - "Commerce Department"
  - "Foreign-Trade Zones Board"
fr_citation: "82 FR 60951"
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#  Approval of Expanded Subzone Status; BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC; Duncan, South Carolina

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 Board's regulations (15 CFR part 400) provide for the establishment of subzones for specific uses;

*Whereas,* the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 38, has made application to the Board to expand subzone 38A on behalf of BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC, located in Duncan, South Carolina (FTZ Docket B-55-2017, docketed August 16, 2017);

*Whereas,* notice inviting public comment has been given in the *Federal Register* (82 FR 39759, August 22, 2017) 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 memorandum, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations are satisfied;

*Now, therefore,* the Board hereby approves the expansion of subzone 38A on behalf of BMW Manufacturing Company, LLC, as described in the application and *Federal Register* notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including Section 400.13.

Dated: December 20, 2017.

Gary Taverman,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Operations performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement & Compliance Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.