[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 13081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5064]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38 - Spartanburg County, South Carolina, 
Application for Subzone, Kravet, Inc. (Textile Sampling), Anderson, 
South Carolina

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 
38, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the textile 
distribution and sampling facility of Kravet, Inc. (Kravet), located in 
Anderson, South Carolina. 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 March 6, 2007.
    The Kravet facility (335 employees, 66.5 acres) is located at 1500 
U.S. Highway 29 South, in Anderson, South Carolina. The facility is 
used for the processing of commercial textile samples. Materials 
sourced from abroad, representing some 40[percnt] of all merchandise 
include: silk, wool, woven fabric, cotton yarn, dyed cotton, twill, 
printed cotton woven, other cotton fabric, hemp, woven flax, woven 
jute, woven synthetic fabric, woven nylon fabric, other fabrics, 
acrylics, rayon, satin, carpets, cotton gauze, vegetable fiber gauze, 
tulle, ribbons, embroidery, quilted textile products, plastic and 
rubber textiles, wall covers, man-made fibers, pile fabrics, knit, 
knitted or crocheted fabrics, warp knit fabrics, and double knit 
fabrics (duty rates range from duty-free to 25[percnt]).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Kravet from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 15 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic shipments, Kravet 
would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures 
that apply to samples (duty-free) for the textile samples produced at 
the facility. On the non-sample textile shipments, the company would be 
able to defer duty on the imported merchandise until it is 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 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 
May 21, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 4, 2007.
    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, 555 North 
Pleasantburg Drive, Building 1, Suite 109, Greenville, South Carolina, 
29607.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2814B, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: March 6, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-5064 Filed 3-19-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S