[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49440-49441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23774]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45-99]
Foreign-Trade Zone 27--Boston, MA; Application for Subzone, J.
Baker, Inc. (Distribution of Apparel, Footwear and Accessories),
Canton, MA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Boston, MA), grantee
of FTZ 27, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the apparel,
footwear and accessories warehousing/distribution facilities of J.
Baker, Inc., located in Canton, MA, some 22 miles south of Boston. 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 September 7,
1999.
The Baker facilities are located at 330 Turnpike Street (750,000
sq. ft. on 30.7 acres) and 555 Turnpike Street (45,850 sq. ft. on 4.16
acres). There are 800 employees at the two facilities. The facilities
are used for storage, inspection, finishing, packaging and distribution
of a wide variety of apparel, footwear and accessories such as
neckties, belts, hosiery, gloves and novelty items. About 65 percent of
the products are sourced from abroad and over 5 percent are exported.
No authority is being sought for activity conducted under FTZ
procedures that would result in a change in tariff classification.
Zone procedures would exempt Baker from Customs duty payments on
foreign products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the
company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is
shipped from the plant. The application indicates that the savings from
zone procedures would help improve the plant'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
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and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at
the address below. The closing period for their receipt is November 12,
1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
(to November 29, 1999).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 164 Northern
Avenue, World Trade Center, Suite 307, Boston, MA 02210
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: September 7, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-23774 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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