[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16562-16563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-7765]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2000]


Foreign-Trade Zone 39--Dallas/Fort Worth, TX--Application for 
Subzone; Zale Corporation (Distribution/Processing of Jewelry and 
Accessories), Irving, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, 
grantee of FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
jewelry and accessories warehousing/distribution/processing facilities 
of Zale Corporation (Zale), located in Irving, TX, some 20 miles 
northwest of Dallas. 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 March 21, 2000.
    The Zale facility is located at 901 W. Walnut Hill Lane (430,000 
sq. ft. on 15.22 acres). There are 80 employees within the distribution 
center. The facility is used for storage, inspection, packaging, repair 
and distribution of a wide variety of jewelry and accessories, watches 
and giftware. About 30 percent of the products are sourced from abroad. 
Subzone status is sought for quality inspection/distribution to Zale 
Canada. One hundred percent of foreign items admitted into the zone 
will be exported to Canada. Seventy percent of Zale Canada's inventory 
is NAFTA-qualified. No authority is being sought for activity conducted 
under FTZ procedures that would result in a change in tariff 
classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Zale from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are reexported. On any domestic sales, the 
company would be limited to deferral of 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

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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 
May 30, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to June 12, 2000.)
    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, 2050 N. Stemmons 
Fwy., Suite 170, P.O. Box 420069, Dallas, Texas 75207
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Constitution Avenues, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: March 21, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-7765 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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