[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3000-3001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1613]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 5-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 25--Broward County, FL; Application for 
Subzone Status; Federal-Mogul World Trade, Inc. (Vehicle Components) 
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Broward County, Florida, grantee of FTZ 25, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the warehouse/distribution facility 
of Federal-Mogul World Trade, Inc. (Federal-Mogul), in Ft. Lauderdale, 
Florida. (The Federal-Mogul site is currently being operated as part of 
the general-purpose zone on a temporary basis (until 12-1-96)). 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 January 19, 1996.
    The Federal-Mogul facility (200,000 sq. ft. on 17 acres, 109 
employees) is located at 1600 North Park Drive, Fort Lauderdale 
(Broward County), Florida. It is used to warehouse and distribute 
vehicle components, such as bearings, brakes, pistons, valves, shocks, 
gaskets and water pumps. Over 90 percent of the products are 
reexported, primarily to Latin America.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Federal-Mogul from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign items that are reexported. On its domestic 
sales, the company would be able to defer Customs duties until the 
foreign items are shipped from the plant. The application indicates 
that subzone status would help to improve the company's international 
competitiveness. 

[[Page 3001]]

    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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
April 1, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to April 15, 1996.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Export Assistance Center, 5600 NW 36th St., Suite 617, Miami, 
Florida 33166
Office of The Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: January 22, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-1613 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P