[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9799]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 26-2006]


Foreign-Trade Zone 231--Stockton, CA, Application for Subzone 
Status, Medline Industries, Inc., (Medical Supply Distribution)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Stockton, grantee of FTZ 231, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the medical supply distribution 
facility of Medline Industries, Inc., located in Lathrop, California. 
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 
June 15, 2006.
    The Medline facility (277,200 sq. ft./12.49 acres/30 employees) is 
located at 18250 Murphy Parkway, Lathrop, California. The facility is 
used for warehousing and distribution of foreign-origin and domestic 
medical supplies for the U.S. market and export. FTZ procedures would 
be utilized to support Medline's import and domestic distribution 
activity. Finished medical supplies to be admitted to the proposed 
subzone for distribution would include: medical gloves of natural 
rubber, surgical/medical gloves of plastic, apparel items of cotton and 
man-made fibers (gowns, shirts, overalls, caps, baby shirts, scrubs, 
covers, socks, pajamas, slippers), woven/non-woven bed linens, towels, 
pillows, diapers, aprons, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, scooters, grab 
bars, beds, commodes, wooden bedroom furniture, folios, leather and 
man-made fiber travel bags, thermometers, vacuum pumps, watch cases, 
and toiletry items. The application states that all quota-class textile 
and apparel products classified under Textile Import Quota categories 
would be admitted to the proposed subzone under domestic (duty-paid) 
status (19 CFR Sec.  146.43), and any products subject to antidumping 
duties would be admitted under domestic (duty-paid) or privileged 
foreign status (19 CFR Sec.  146.41).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Medline from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales, the company 
would be able to defer payments until merchandise is shipped from the 
facility and entered for U.S. consumption. Medline also plans to 
utilize certain logistical benefits that will help facilitate the 
distribution of domestic and foreign merchandise in a consolidated 
manner. The application indicates that all of the above-cited 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 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 
August 21, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to September 5, 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, 1301 Clay Street, 
Oakland Federal Building North Tower, Suite 630N, Oakland, California 
94612; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones 
Board, Room 1115, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue, NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20230-0002; Tel: (202) 
482-2862.

    Dated: June 15, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-9799 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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