[Federal Register: August 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 44-2008]
Foreign-Trade Zone 77 Memphis, Tennessee, Application for
Subzone, Black & Decker Corporation(Power Tools, Lawn and Garden Tools,
and Home Products Distribution), Jackson, Tennessee
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the City of Memphis, grantee of FTZ 77, requesting
special-purpose subzone status for the tools and home products
warehousing/distribution facilities of Black & Decker Corporation, in
Jackson, Tennessee. 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 5, 2008.
The Black & Decker site, consisting of a manufacturing plant (2
bldgs., 482,000 sq. ft.) and a distribution center (1 building, 675,000
sq. ft.) on 177 acres, is located at the intersection of Highway 45
North and Passmore Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. The facilities (700
employees) are used for the quality inspection, kitting, repackaging,
order fulfillment, warehousing and distribution of power tools, lawn
and garden tools, home products and related products and accessories;
activities which Black & Decker is proposing to perform under FTZ
procedures. Some 75 percent of the components are sourced abroad. About
5 to 10 percent of production is currently exported. None of the
activities which Black & Decker is proposing to perform under zone
procedures would constitute manufacturing or processing under the FTZ
Board's regulations.
Zone procedures would exempt Black & Decker from Customs duty
payments on foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales,
the company would be able to defer payment until merchandise is shipped
from the facility. The company may also realize certain logistical
benefits related to the use of direct delivery and weekly customs entry
procedures. The application indicates that FTZ procedures would be used
to support Black & Decker's Tennessee-based distribution activity in
competition with facilities abroad.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Diane Finver of the FTZ
staff is designated examiner to investigate the application and report
to the Board.
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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
October 14, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to October 28, 2008).
A copy of the application will be available for public inspection
at each of the following locations: U.S Department of Commerce Export
Assistance Center, 22 North Front Street, Suite 200, Memphis, Tennessee
38103; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones
Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230-0002.
For further information, contact Diane Finver at Diane_
Finver@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482-1367.
Dated: August 7, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-18849 Filed 8-13-08; 8:45 am]
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