[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2442-2443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-552]


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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 1-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 22--Chicago, Illinois, Application for Subzone 
Euromarket Designs, Inc. d/b/a/ Crate & Barrel (Home Furnishings)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the

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Board) by the Illinois International Port District, grantee of FTZ 22, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the home furnishings 
distribution and processing facilities of Euromarket Designs, Inc. d/b/
a Crate and Barrel (Crate & Barrel), located in Naperville, Illinois. 
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 
January 1, 2008.
    The proposed subzone would include Crate & Barrel's facilities at 
two adjacent sites in Naperville, Illinois: Site 1 (one building/
827,268 sq.ft./36 acres)--1860 West Jefferson Avenue; and Site 2 (one 
building/365,000 sq.ft./16 acres)--443 Fort Hill Drive. The facilities 
are used for warehousing, distribution and processing of both foreign-
origin and domestic home furnishing goods for both the U.S. market and 
export. FTZ procedures would be used to support Crate & Barrel's 
Illinois-based distribution activity that competes with facilities 
abroad.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Crate & Barrel from customs duty 
payments on foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales, 
duty payments would be deferred until the foreign merchandise is 
shipped from the facilities and entered for U.S. consumption. The 
company would also realize significant logistical benefits related to 
the use of direct delivery and weekly customs entry procedures. The 
application indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help 
improve the company's international competitiveness and help facilitate 
the company's plans to grow their export market.
    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 
March 17, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day periodMarch 31, 2008.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available at each of the following addresses: U.S. Department of 
Commerce Export Assistance Center, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 2450, 
Chicago, IL 60606; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, D.C. 20230. For further information 
contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-
0862.

    Dated: January 8, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-552 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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