[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1397]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 3-98]
Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh/Durham, NC; Request for
Manufacturing Authority Rike Industries, Inc. (In-Line Skates)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Triangle J Council of Governments, grantee of FTZ
93, pursuant to Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Rike Industries, Inc.
(Rike), to assemble in-line skates under FTZ procedures within FTZ 93.
It was formally filed on January 13, 1998.
The Rike facility (41,000 sq. ft.) is located within Site 1 of FTZ
93 at 1000 Parliament Court in the Imperial Business Center, in Durham,
North Carolina. The Rike facility (12 employees) is used to assemble
in-line skates under contract for Fila Sports, Inc., for the U.S.
market and export. The assembly process involves the attachment of
domestically sourced in-line skate chassis to foreign-origin textile/
leather boots (HTSUS 6402--6404, as sports footwear; duty rate: 20%).
The finished in-line skates are classified under HTSUS 9506.70 (duty
free). The application indicates that 15 percent of the facility's
shipments will be exported.
FTZ procedures would exempt Rike from Customs duty payments on the
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales,
Rike would be able to elect the Customs duty rate during Customs entry
procedures that applies to finished in-line skates (duty free) for the
foreign boots/footwear noted above. The request indicates that the
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the facility'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 March 23, 1998. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to April 6, 1998).
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the following locations:
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
Office of the Service Area Port Director, U.S. Customs Service--
Raleigh/Durham, 120 South Center Court, Morrisville, NC 27560.
Dated: January 13, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1397 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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