[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 14689] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-7369] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Docket 10-99] Foreign-Trade Subzone 149A--Freeport, TX, Request for Extension of Board Order Condition, BASF Corporation (Caprolactam Extract, Cyclohexanone) An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by BASF Corporation, operator of FTZ 149A, requesting an extension (to December 31, 2003) of Condition No. 2 of Board Order 732, which authorizes the election of nonprivileged foreign status (19 CFR Sec. 146.42) for caprolactam extract and cyclohexanone admitted to Subzone 149A at the BASF chemical products manufacturing facilities in Freeport, Texas. It was formally filed on March 17, 1999. Subzone 149A was approved by the Board in 1995 with authority to manufacture polycaprolactam (nylon-6; HTSUS 3908.10.0000) and its related chemical precursors, caprolactam extract and cyclohexanone under FTZ procedures up to a combined level of 45 million kilograms annually (Board Order 732, 60 FR 15903, 3-28-95), subject to the following conditions: (1) privileged foreign status (19 CFR Sec. 146.41) shall be elected on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that nonprivileged foreign (NPF) status may be elected for foreign caprolactam extract (HTSUS 2933.71.0000; 2.3 cents/ kg+9%) and cyclohexanone (2914.22.1000; 1.4 cents/kg+9.7%); and, (2) the authority with regard to the NPF option is initially granted until December 31, 1999, subject to extension. FTZ procedures exempt BASF from Customs duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, the NPF option enables BASF to choose the finished polycaprolactam (nylon-6) duty rate (6.3%) for the foreign inputs noted above. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures will continue to help improve the facilities' 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 May 26, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to (June 9, 1999). A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230-0002. Dated: March 17, 1999. Dennis Puccinelli, Acting Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 99-7369 Filed 3-25-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P