[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 132 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 33415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16515]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 26-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 73 - Baltimore/Washington International 
Airport, MD, Application for SubzoneIKEA Wholesale, Inc. (Home 
furnishings and accessories), Perryville, MD

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Maryland Department of Transportation/ Maryland 
Aviation Administration, grantee of FTZ 73, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the warehousing and distribution facility of IKEA 
Wholesale Inc. (IKEA), located in Perryville, Maryland. 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 July 2, 2009.
    The IKEA facility (400 full-time and part-time employees, 242 
acres/ 1.7 million square feet) is located at 100 Ikea Way, Perryville, 
Maryland. The facility is used for the storage and distribution of 
merchandise that includes: housewares and home furnishings, home 
textiles, glassware, kitchenware, appliances, cutlery, furniture, 
flooring and floor coverings, window treatments and fixtures, lighting 
fixtures, lamps, electrical products, batteries, hand tools, closet and 
storage accessories, office accessories, paper products, computers, CDs 
and DVDs, clocks and timers, toys, sporting goods, seasonal 
decorations, home recreation/entertainment items, and brooms and 
brushes (duty rate range: from free to 38%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt IKEA from customs duty payments on the 
foreign goods exported from the proposed subzone. The company 
anticipates that some 25 percent of the facility's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, the company would be able to defer 
duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the facility and 
entered for consumption. FTZ designation would further allow IKEA to 
realize logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry 
procedures. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures 
would help improve the facility's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ 
Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations 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 September 11, 2009. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to September 28, 
2009.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's website, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at: [email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: July 2, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-16515 Filed 7-10-09; 8:45 am]
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