[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 13 (Wednesday, January 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1397]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 3-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh/Durham, NC; Request for 
Manufacturing Authority Rike Industries, Inc. (In-Line Skates)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Triangle J Council of Governments, grantee of FTZ 
93, pursuant to Sec. 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Rike Industries, Inc. 
(Rike), to assemble in-line skates under FTZ procedures within FTZ 93. 
It was formally filed on January 13, 1998.
    The Rike facility (41,000 sq. ft.) is located within Site 1 of FTZ 
93 at 1000 Parliament Court in the Imperial Business Center, in Durham, 
North Carolina. The Rike facility (12 employees) is used to assemble 
in-line skates under contract for Fila Sports, Inc., for the U.S. 
market and export. The assembly process involves the attachment of 
domestically sourced in-line skate chassis to foreign-origin textile/
leather boots (HTSUS 6402--6404, as sports footwear; duty rate: 20%). 
The finished in-line skates are classified under HTSUS 9506.70 (duty 
free). The application indicates that 15 percent of the facility's 
shipments will be exported.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Rike from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Rike would be able to elect the Customs duty rate during Customs entry 
procedures that applies to finished in-line skates (duty free) for the 
foreign boots/footwear 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 three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is March 23, 1998. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to April 6, 1998).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230-0002
Office of the Service Area Port Director, U.S. Customs Service--
Raleigh/Durham, 120 South Center Court, Morrisville, NC 27560.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-1397 Filed 1-20-98; 8:45 am]
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