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###### Department of Commerce

###### Foreign-Trade Zones Board

          - [Order No. 2153]

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 City of Birmingham, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 98, has made application to the Board to expand Subzone 98A on behalf of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in Moundville, Vance and Woodstock, Alabama (FTZ Docket B-33-2023, docketed May 22, 2023);                

*Whereas,*                     notice inviting public comment has been given in the                     **Federal Register**                     (88 FR 34127-34128, May 26, 2023) 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 examiners' 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 98A on behalf of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. in Moundville, Vance and Woodstock, Alabama, as described in the application and                     **Federal Register**                     notice, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, including section 400.13.                

Dated: October 20, 2023.

Lisa W. Wang,

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

[FR Doc. 2023-23609 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]

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