[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 13-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 27--Boston, Massachusetts; Application for 
Subzone; Reebok International, Ltd., (Distribution of Footwear), 
Lancaster, Stoughton and Norwood, Massachusetts

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Massachusetts Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 27, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the warehousing 
facilities of Reebok International, Ltd. (Reebok), located in 
Lancaster, Stoughton and Norwood, Massachusetts. 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 February 7, 2002.
    The Reebok facility is comprised of three sites with some 450 
employees in Norfolk and Worcester County, Massachusetts: Site 1 (34 
acres, 485,000 square feet)--located at 100 Technology Center Drive, 
Stoughton, Norfolk County; Site 2 (55 acres, 212,000 square feet)--
located at 625 University Avenue, Norwood, Norfolk County; and Site 3 
(137 acres, 285,000 square feet)--located at 580 Fort Pond Road, 
Lancaster, Worcester County. The facilities are used for the storage 
and distribution of imported footwear (primarily HTS 6402.19, 6402.91, 
6402.99, 6403.19, 6403.91, 6403.99, 6404.11, 6405.10, and 6406.99, duty 
rate ranges from duty-free to 48%).
    Zone procedures would exempt Reebok from Customs duty payments on 
products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the company would 
be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the 
plant and entered for consumption. The request indicates that the 
savings from FTZ 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 one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. The closing period for their receipt is 
April 16, 2002. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to May 1, 2002).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, World 
Trade Center, Suite 307, 200 Seaport Avenue, Boston, MA 02210.

    Dated: February 8, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3813 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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