[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 37-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 1--New York; Application for Subzone, Bulova 
Corporation (Watches and Clocks), New York, NY

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of New York, grantee of FTZ 1, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the warehousing and distribution 
facilities of Bulova Corporation, located in Woodside and Brooklyn, 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 
September 23, 2002.
    Bulova's facility is comprised of two sites. Site 1 (77,439 sq. 
ft., 319 employees) is located at 26-15 Brooklyn Queens Expressway, 
Woodside, New York; and Site 2 (87,000 sq. ft., 31 employees) is 
located at 77 Commercial Street in Brooklyn, New York.
    The facilities repair, warehouse and distribute watch and clock 
products and parts. The products are distributed in the U.S. and 
worldwide. (About 12 percent are exported.) No authority is being 
sought for activity conducted under FTZ procedures that would result in 
a change in tariff classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Bulova 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 facilities. The application indicates that the savings 
from zone procedures would help improve the facilities' 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 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. Submission 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. Postage 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 December 2, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to December 16, 
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 address Number 1 listed above, and 
the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 20 Exchange 
Place, 40th Floor, New York, New York 10005.

    Dated: September 24, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-25069 Filed 10-1-02; 8:45 am]
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