[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19479-19480]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5602]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2006]


Foreign-Trade Zone 207--Richmond, VA, Application for Subzone 
Status, A. Wimpfheimer & Bro., Inc., (Textile Finishing)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Capital Region Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 
207, requesting special-purpose subzone

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status for the textile finishing plant of A. Wimpfhheimer & Bro., 
located in Blackstone, 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 April 4, 2006.
    The plant (6 acres/175,000 sq.ft.), known as the ``American 
Velvet'' property, is located at 300 Church Street, in the city of 
Blackstone, Virginia. The facility (30 employees) is used to process 
textile pile fabrics for the U.S. market and export. In this activity, 
foreign, quota-class woven and knit fabrics (classified under HTSUS 
5801.22.1000, 5801.22.9000, 5801.23, 5801.35.0010, 5801.35.0020, 
5907.00.6000, 6001.92.2000, 6001.92.0020; 6001.92.0040, 6004.10.0085) 
would be admitted to the proposed subzone under privileged foreign 
status (19 CFR Sec.  146.41) in greige form to be processed, dyed, and 
finished using domestic dyes and chemicals. The finishing activity may 
involve shrinking, sanferizing, desizing, sponging, bleaching, 
cleaning/laundering, calendaring, hydroxilating, decatizing, fulling, 
mercerizing, chintzing, moiring, framing/beaming, stiffening, 
weighting, crushing, tubing, thermofixing, anti-microbial finishing, 
flame retardation, and embossing the foreign-sourced fabric. The 
finished privileged foreign status fabric would either be exported from 
the proposed subzone or be transferred for Customs entry under its 
original HTSUS and textile quota classifications (no activity would be 
permitted that would result in transformation, tariff shift, or change 
in quota class or country of origin), with appropriate duty assessment 
and quota decrement (if applicable).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Wimpfhheimer from Customs duty payments 
on the foreign fabric processed for re-export. On shipments for the 
U.S. market, full duty payment would be deferred until the fabric is 
transferred from the zone for Customs entry. The application indicates 
that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the facility's 
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 on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at 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 Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005; or,
    2. Submissions via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave., 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is June 13, 2006. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 28, 
2006).
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
address No.1 listed above and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export 
Assistance Center, 400 North 8th Street, No. 412, Richmond, VA 23240.

    Dated: April 4, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-5602 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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