[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 29-98]


Foreign-Trade Zone 23--Buffalo, NY; Application for Subzone 
Status, Buffalo China, Inc. (Dinnerware/Table Top Products) Buffalo, NY

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the County of Erie, New York, grantee of FTZ 23, 
requesting subzone status for the finishing and distribution (non-
manufacturing) facilities of Buffalo China, Inc. (Buffalo China), 
located in Buffalo, New York. 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 22, 1998.
    Buffalo China's three facilities (on approximately 10 acres) are 
located at 500 Bailey Avenue, 658 Bailey Avenue, and 51 Hayes Place in 
Buffalo, New York. These facilities (400 employees) will be used to 
store, decorate and repackage dinnerware/table top products. The 
Buffalo facilities will be used to distribute products both in the U.S. 
and abroad.
    Zone procedures would exempt Buffalo China from duty payments on 
foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments, 
the company would be able to defer duty on foreign-sourced materials 
(duty rates ranging from 0.8 to 31.0%). The company is also seeking an 
exemption from duty payments on foreign merchandise that becomes scrap 
(3%). The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures 
will help improve the facilities' 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 
August 10, 1998. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to August 24, 1998).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 111 West Huron 
St., Room 1304, Buffalo, New York 14202.

    Dated: May 22, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-15470 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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