[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 37 (Thursday, February 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8651-8652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3861]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 10-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 21--Charleston, SC, Application for Subzone, 
Luigi Bormioli Corporation (Glassware), Barnwell, SC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 
21, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the warehousing and 
distribution facility of Luigi Bormioli Corporation (Luigi Bormioli), 
located in Barnwell, South Carolina. The application was submitted

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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 February 16, 2010.
    The Luigi Bormioli facility (35 employees, 19 acres, $11.5 million 
in annual shipments) is located at 1656 Fuldner Rd. (Joey Zorn Blvd.), 
Barnwell, South Carolina. The facility is used for the storage and 
distribution of glass fragrance containers and glass tableware products 
(duty rate ranges from 3 to 38%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Luigi Bormioli from customs duty 
payments on foreign products that are re-exported (approximately 2 
percent of shipments). On its domestic sales, the company would be able 
to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the plant and 
entered for consumption. FTZ designation would further allow Luigi 
Bormioli 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, Maureen Hinman 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 
April 26, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 11, 2010.
    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 Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Maureen Hinman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0627.

    Dated: February 16, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3861 Filed 2-24-10; 8:45 am]
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