[Federal Register: August 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 165)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 36-2004]
Foreign-Trade Zone 243--Victorville, CA; Application for Subzone;
Black & Decker Corporation (Power Tools, Lawn and Garden Tools, and
Home Products Distribution); Rialto, CA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority,
grantee of FTZ 243, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
tools and home products warehousing/distribution facility of Black &
Decker Corporation, in Rialto, California. The facility is located
adjacent to the Los Angeles/Long Beach U.S. Customs port of entry. 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 August 19, 2004.
The Black & Decker facility (1 building, 543,000 sq. ft., 28.64
acres) is located at 1590 N. Tamarind Avenue within the I-210
Industrial Park in Rialto, California. The facility is currently under
construction and is expected to be completed in early 2005. The
facility (115 employees) is used for order fulfillment, repackaging,
re-labeling, warehousing and distribution of hand-held tools and
accessories; home products (including vacuums, flashlights and wet
scrubbers); security hardware; plumbing products (including kitchen and
bath faucets and accessories); and, fastening and assembly systems
(including stud welding, specialty screws and related products and
accessories); activities which Black & Decker is proposing to perform
under FTZ procedures.
Zone procedures would exempt Black & Decker from Customs duty
payments on products that are re-exported. Currently, some 3-5 percent
of the products are re-exported. On its domestic sales, the company
would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from
the plant and entered for consumption. Some 80 percent of the products
are sourced abroad (average weighted duty rate--1.6%). FTZ designation
would further allow Black & Decker to utilize certain Customs
procedures resulting in increased efficiencies and cost reductions for
its logistics and distribution operations. The request indicates that
the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant'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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is October 25, 2004. Rebuttal
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 9,
2004).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at address Number 1 listed above, and
at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 2940
Inland Empire Blvd., Suite 121, Ontario, CA 91764.
Dated: August 19, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-19531 Filed 8-25-04; 8:45 am]