[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 40567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 32-2009]


Foreign-Trade Zone 74--Baltimore, MD Application for Subzone 
Status Tulkoff Food Products, Inc. (Dehydrated Garlic)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Baltimore, grantee of FTZ 74, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the garlic products manufacturing 
plant of Tulkoff Foods Products, Inc. (TFP), located in Baltimore, 
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 
August 3, 2009.
    The TFP facility (56 employees/6 acres/258,226 sq. ft.) is located 
at 2301 Chesapeake Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The manufacturing 
plant is used to produce packaged wet garlic (up to 3 million pounds 
annually) for industrial and commercial food service use. The 
manufacturing process involves foreign-origin bulk dehydrated garlic 
(HTSUS 0712.90, duty rate: 29.8%) which is rehydrated with water then 
packaged in jars, tubs, and pails. The rehydrated garlic (HTSUS 
2005.91) is sold to U.S. wholesale customers and exported.
    FTZ procedures could exempt TFP from customs duty payments on the 
foreign dehydrated garlic used in export production (about 1% of annual 
shipments). On domestic shipments, the company would be able to elect 
the duty rate that applies to finished rehydrated garlic (11.2%) for 
the foreign bulk dehydrated garlic. TFP would also be exempt from duty 
payments on any foreign garlic that becomes waste during the production 
process. The application 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 following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
is October 13, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period to October 26, 2009.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: August 3, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-19341 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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