Production Authority Not Approved; Foreign-Trade Zone 38; Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc.; (Carbon Fiber); Greenwood, South Carolina Publication: Federal Register Agency: Foreign-Trade Zones Board Byline: Dawn Shackleford Date: 17 April 2024 Subject: American Government Topic: Teijin

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 27413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08189]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 2160]


Production Authority Not Approved; Foreign-Trade Zone 38; Teijin 
Carbon Fibers, Inc.; (Carbon Fiber); Greenwood, 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 FTZ 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 South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 
38, has requested production authority on behalf of Teijin Carbon 
Fibers, Inc., within FTZ 38 in Greenwood, South Carolina (B-52-2020, 
docketed August 6, 2020);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the 
Federal Register (85 FR 49359, August 13, 2020; 85 FR 68557, October 
29, 2020; 85 FR 81875, December 17, 2020; 86 FR 7695, February 1, 2021; 
86 FR 10040, February 18, 2021; 86 FR 23672, May 4, 2021; 86 FR 33218, 
June 24, 2021; 86 FR 38010, July 19, 2021; 86 FR 48982, September 1, 
2021; 88 FR 5853, January 30, 2023; 88 FR 12912, March 1, 2023) and the 
application, as amended, 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 have not been satisfied;
    Now, therefore, the Board hereby does not approve the application, 
as amended, requesting to remove the restriction requiring that all 
foreign status 24,000 tow PAN fiber admitted for production activity be 
re-exported (entry for U.S. consumption was not authorized) within FTZ 
38 at the facility of Teijin Carbon Fibers, Inc., located in Greenwood, 
South Carolina, as described in the application and Federal Register 
notice.

    Dated: April 12, 2024.
Dawn Shackleford,
Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate 
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-08189 Filed 4-16-24; 8:45 am]
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