[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 21895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08937]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[S-43-2014]


Scope Determination Regarding the Effect on Foreign-Trade Zone 
Board Orders Resulting From Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States

    Pursuant to Section 400.14(d) of the FTZ Board regulations (15 CFR 
Part 400), it has been determined that the scope of FTZ Board Orders 
has not been affected by the 2012 modification of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
    Some Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) Board Orders, particularly orders 
relating to oil refinery subzones, contain references to HTSUS numbers. 
Such references were intended to describe types of products that were 
either included in or excluded from the scope of FTZ Board actions. The 
scope of FTZ Board Orders will continue to apply to those products as 
described in the orders and related appendices, even though the HTSUS 
number associated with the product may change. The scope of FTZ Board 
Orders should be interpreted as applying to the new HTSUS numbers. 
Similarly, the addition of new classifications to the HTSUS does not 
imply authority for any new production activity (including new 
categories of foreign status components or finished products) requiring 
advance approval by the FTZ Board.
    The following table provides a list of 2012 HTSUS changes relating 
to FTZ Board Orders for oil refinery subzones:

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            Past HTS No.                         New HTS No.
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2710.19.05.........................  2710.19.06
2710.19.10.........................  2710.19.11
2710.19.23.........................  2710.19.26
2710.11.25.........................  2710.12.25
2710.11.45.........................  2710.12.45
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Whiteman 
([email protected], (202) 482-0473) or Diane Finver 
([email protected], (202) 482-1367), Foreign-Trade-Zones Board, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 21013, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 15, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-08937 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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