[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 83-97]
Foreign-Trade Zone 219--Yuma, AZ; Application for Subzone Status;
Meadowcraft, Inc. (Wrought Iron Patio Furniture), Yuma County, Arizona
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Yuma County Airport Authority, Inc., grantee of FTZ
219, requesting subzone status for the finishing and distribution (non-
manufacturing) facility of Meadowcraft, Inc. (Meadowcraft), located in
Yuma County, Arizona. The application was submitted pursuant to the
provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-
81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was
formally filed on December 16, 1997.
The facility (600,000 sq. ft. on 75 acres; 100 employees) is
located at the intersection of Highway 95 and County 21st Street, Yuma
County, approximately three miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. It
will be used to finish and distribute wrought iron patio furniture,
which is imported from Meadowcraft's maquiladora facility in San Luis,
Mexico. The finishing primarily involves priming and painting the
imported furniture. Glass table tops, some of which are sourced from
abroad, will be added to certain furniture pieces. No manufacturing or
processing authority is being sought. The Yuma County facility will be
used to distribute products in the Western U.S. and abroad.
It appears that the main purpose for FTZ procedures is to help
Meadowcraft to implement a more cost-effective system for handling
Customs requirements (including reduced brokerage fees and Customs
merchandise processing fees). In addition, Meadowcraft intends to apply
to Customs for direct delivery of merchandise, which will improve the
company's efficiency. FTZ status may also make a site eligible for
benefits provided under state/local programs.
The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures
would help improve the facility's international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
March 6, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to March 23, 1998).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230.
U.S. Customs Port of Entry--San Luis, Highway 95 and International
Border, San Luis, Arizona 85364.
Dated: December 19, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-29 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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