[Federal Register: September 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 170)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1285]

 
Approval for Expanded Manufacturing Authority (20-inch TV/VCR and 
TV/DVD Player Combination Units) Within Foreign-Trade Subzone 86E 
Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries of America, Inc.; Vancouver, 
WA

    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, Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries of America, 
Inc. (MKA), operator of Foreign-Trade Subzone 86E, has applied to 
expand the scope of manufacturing authority under zone procedures 
within Subzone 86E, at the MKA plant located at sites in Vancouver, 
Washington, to include additional finished products (20-inch TV/VCR and 
TV/DVD player combination units) (FTZ Doc. 31-2002; filed 8-12-2002);
    Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal 
Register (67 FR 54168, 8-21-2002); 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 
is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby approves 
the request subject to the FTZ Act and the Board's regulations, 
including Section 400.28.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 21st day of August 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, 
Alternate Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 03-22442 Filed 9-2-03; 8:45 am]