[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 46 (Friday, March 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4551]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 11-2008]
Foreign-Trade Zone 64 - Jacksonville, Florida, Application for
Manufacturing AuthorityBacardi USA, Inc. (Alcoholic Beverages)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Jacksonville Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 64,
requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of Bacardi USA, Inc.
(Bacardi) at the OutSource Logistics, Inc. (Outsource Logistics)
facility, within FTZ 64 in Jacksonville, Florida. The application was
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ Act, as amended (19
U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR Part 400). It
was formally filed on February 21, 2008.
The Bacardi/Outsource Logistics facility (60 employees) is located
within Site 1A of FTZ 64, at the Imeson International Industrial Park
in Jacksonville. The facility will be used for the kitting,
warehousing/distribution, and storage of liquor gift packs (HTSUS duty
rates 2208.50, 2208.60, 2204.10; duty rates range from duty-free to
19.8 cents/liter). Materials sourced from abroad (representing 90
percent of the value of the finished product) include: imported
alcoholic beverages and glasses or flutes (HTSUS 2208.50, 2208.60,
2204.10, and 2013.28; duty rates range from duty-free to 22.5%).
The application also requests authority to produce gin gift sets,
vodka gift sets, and champagne gift sets (duty rates range from duty-
free to 22.4 cents per liter) from imported gin, vodka, champagne and
glasses (duty rates range from duty-free to 38%) that Bacardi may
assemble into kits under FTZ procedures in the future. New major
activity involving these inputs/products would require review by the
FTZ Board.
FTZ procedures would exempt Bacardi from customs duty payments on
the foreign components used in export production. The company
anticipates that some ten percent of the facility's shipments will be
exported. On its domestic sales, Bacardi would be able to choose the
duty rate during customs entry procedures that apply to finished liquor
packs for the foreign inputs 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 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period
for their receipt is May 6, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period to May 21, 2008.
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, 3 Independent
Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32202-5004; and, the Office of the
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230.
For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at (202) 482-1346
or [email protected].
Dated: February 21, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-4551 Filed 3-6-08; 8:45 am]
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