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Dated: June 1, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1167]

Grant of Authority; Establishment of a

Foreign-Trade Zone, Pensacola, FL

Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as

amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board adopts the following

Order:

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones 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 ports of entry;

Whereas, the Pensacola-Escambia

County Promotion and Development

Commission (the Grantee), a Florida

public corporation, has made

application to the Board (FTZ Docket

34–2000, filed 7/6/00), requesting the

establishment of a foreign-trade zone at

sites in the Pensacola and Escambia

County, Florida, area, adjacent to the

Pensacola Customs port of entry;

Whereas, notice inviting public

comment has been given in the Federal

Register (65 FR 43288, 7/13/00); 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 are satisfied, and

that approval of the application is in the

public interest;

Now, therefore, the Board hereby

grants to the Grantee the privilege of

establishing a foreign-trade zone,

designated on the records of the Board

as Foreign-Trade Zone No. 249, at the

sites described in the application, and

subject to the Act and the Board’s

regulations, including Section 400.28.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of

May 2001.

Foreign-Trade Zones Board.

Donald L. Evans,

Secretary of Commerce, Chairman and

Executive Officer.

Attest:

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 21–2001]

Foreign-Trade Zone 177—Evansville,

IN; Application for Subzone Status;

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana,

Inc., Plant (Motor Vehicles), Princeton,

IN

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Indiana Port Commission,

grantee of FTZ 177, requesting specialpurpose subzone status for the motor

vehicle manufacturing plant of Toyota

Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc.

(TMMI)(a subsidiary of Toyota Motor

Manufacturing North America, Inc.),

located in Princeton, Indiana. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed

on May 25, 2001.

The TMMI plant (1,160 acres/1.66

million sq.ft.) is located at 4000 Tulip

Tree Drive, Princeton (Gibson County),

Indiana, some 25 miles north of

Evansville. The facility is used to

produce light-duty passenger vehicles

(pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles,

minivans) for export and the domestic

market. At full capacity, the facility

(2,500 employees) will produce up to

approximately 360,000 vehicles

annually. Components purchased from

abroad (approximately 43% of material

value) include: engines and parts of

engines, connecting rods, cylinder

heads, brackets, sensors, valves, engine

management systems, body parts,

fasteners, exhaust systems, catalytic

converters, speedometers and parts,

parts of suspensions, hub units, CV

joints, parts of steering systems, brake

hoses and cables, airbags, half shafts,

transmissions and parts of

transmissions, transfer cases,

differentials, bearings and bearing

housings, flywheels/pulleys, wiring

harnesses, transformers, lighting

equipment, mirrors, starters, gaskets,

belts, locks, rubber vibration control

parts, global positioning systems,

capacitors, thermometers, plugs, filters,

windshield wipers, bumpers, tubing,

air-conditioner components, flow

meters, springs, fans/blowers, lug nuts,

rubber hoses, CD/radios/audio systems,

horns, relays, switches, ignition wires,

and electrical apparatus (duty rate

range: free—5.3%). The application

indicates that TMMI’s domestic

sourcing will increase in the future.

FTZ procedures would exempt TMMI

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign components used in export

production (1% of shipments). On its

domestic sales and exports to NAFTA

countries, TMMI would be able to

choose the duty rate that applies to

finished passenger vehicles (2.5%) for

the foreign inputs noted above that have

higher rates. Foreign status and certain

domestic status parts and materials

would be exempt from local inventory

taxes. Customs duties would be deferred

and possibly reduced on foreign status

production equipment. The application

indicates that subzone status would

help improve the plant’s international

competitiveness.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been designated examiner to

investigate the application and report to

the Board.

Public comment on the application is

invited from interested parties.

Submissions (original and three copies)

shall be addressed to the Board’s

Executive Secretary at the address

below. The closing period for their

receipt is August 6, 2001. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period August 20, 2001.

A copy of the application and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs

Service, Room 238, 101 NW Martin

Luther King Blvd., Evansville, IN

47708

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

4008, 14th Street & Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230–

0002

Dated: May 25, 2001.

Dennis Puccinelli,

Executive Secretary.

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