[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29581]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 81-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 168--Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas; Application for 
Subzone B&F Systems, Inc. (Distribution of Consumer Products; Assembly 
of Knives) Dallas, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth Maquila Trade Development 
Corporation, grantee of FTZ 168, requesting subzone status for the 
distribution and processing facility of B&F Systems, Inc. (B&F), 
located in Dallas, Texas. 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 November 6, 1996.
    The facility (100,000 sq. ft. on 4 acres; 70 employees) is located 
at 3920 S. Walton Walker Blvd. in Dallas. It is used to store, test, 
and distribute a wide range of consumer products, including automotive 
accessories, briefcases, cameras, cutlery, dinnerware, giftware, 
jewelry, kitchenware and sporting goods, some of which are sourced from 
abroad. It is also used for the final assembly of certain products, 
such as knives. The products are distributed throughout the U.S. and 
abroad.
    The application also requests authority on behalf of B&F to 
assemble sports knives and collectors knives under zone procedures, 
using knife blades sourced from abroad (duty rate range 2.6%-5.4%). The 
application indicates that the company would admit the foreign knife 
blades into the subzone in privileged foreign status.
    Zone procedures would exempt B&F Systems from Customs duty payments 
on the foreign products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, it 
would be able to defer Customs duty payments on foreign-sourced items. 
The application indicates that zone savings would help improve the 
international competitiveness of the distribution/processing facility.
    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 and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
January 21, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to February 3, 1997).
    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, P.O. Box 420069, 
2050 N. Stemmons Fwy., Ste 170, Dallas, Texas 75207.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: November 8, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-29581 Filed 11-18-96; 8:45 am]
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