[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29699-29700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 28-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 204--Blountville, TN, Application for Subzone 
Status, Hanover Direct, Inc. (Distribution of Consumer Goods) Roanoke, 
VA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Tri-Cities Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 204, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the consumer goods

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distribution facility of Hanover Direct, Inc., located in Roanoke, 
Virginia. 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 
May 26, 1998.
    The Roanoke facility (545,000 sq. ft. on 52 acres) is located at 
5022 Hollins Road, Roanoke, VA. The facility (300 employees) is used 
for storage, inspection, packaging and distribution of a wide variety 
of consumer products such as home furnishings, housewares, home 
improvement accessories, garden products, safety products, men's and 
women's apparel and accessories, golf equipment and accessories, 
athletic wear, and jewelry and gifts. The facility supports Hanover's 
mail order business. About 20 percent of the products are sourced from 
abroad and over five percent are exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt Hanover from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is 
shipped from the plant. The application indicates that the savings from 
zone procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    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 
July 31, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to August 17, 1998.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Tri-Cities Regional Airport, P.O. Box 1058, Air Cargo Building, 
Blountville, Tennessee 37617.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: May 26, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14445 Filed 5-29-98; 8:45 am]
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