[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7054]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 18-2006]


Foreign-Trade Zone 47 Boone County, Kentucky, Application For 
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, adidas Sales, Inc. (Apparel, Footwear, 
and Sporting Equipment), Hebron, Kentucky

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Northern Kentucky Foreign-Trade Zone Inc., grantee 
of FTZ 47, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
warehousing and distribution facilities (apparel, footwear, and 
sporting equipment) of adidas Sales, Inc. (adidas), located in Hebron, 
Kentucky. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 28, 2006.
    The facilities for which subzone status is proposed are located at 
three sites in Hebron, Kentucky (62.19 acres total; 1,012,507 sq. ft. 
of enclosed space): Site  1 (25 acres; 492,507 sq. ft. of 
enclosed space) located at 1081/1085 Aviation Boulevard; Site  
2 (12.09 acres; 205,000 sq. ft. of enclosed space) located at 2055/2095 
Global Way; and Site  3 (25.1 acres; 315,000 sq. ft. of 
enclosed space) located at 1505 Worldwide Boulevard. The facilities 
(approximately 730 employees) may be used under FTZ procedures for 
warehousing and distribution of apparel, footwear, and sporting 
equipment.
    Zone procedures would allow adidas to defer Customs duty payments 
until merchandise is shipped from its facilities to the U.S. market. 
The company would be able to avoid duty on foreign merchandise which 
becomes scrap/waste, estimated at less than one percent of imported 
products. The application indicates that adidas also anticipates 
realizing significant logistical/procedural benefits and that savings 
from FTZ procedures could 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
July 10, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 24, 2006.
    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, 36 East 7th 
Street, Suite 2650, Cincinnati, OH 45202.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 28, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7054 Filed 5-8-06; 8:45 am]
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