[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2011)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1396]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 5-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 49--Newark, NJ Area; Application for Subzone; 
LVMH Watch & Jewelry U.S.A., Inc. (Watches, Jewelry Products and 
Leather Goods); Springfield, NJ

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, grantee 
of FTZ 49, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
distribution facility of LVMH Watch & Jewelry U.S.A., Inc. (LVMH), 
located in Springfield, New Jersey. 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 14, 2011.
    The LVMH facility (119 employees/1.37 acres/59,884 sq.ft.) is 
located at 966 South Springfield Avenue in Springfield (Union County), 
New Jersey. The facility is used for the receipt, handling, packaging, 
and distribution of watches, jewelry products, leather goods (apparel, 
hand bags, wallets, cases), accessories, and luggage. All of the 
products are sourced from abroad and about 10 percent of the facility's 
shipments will be exported.
    FTZ procedures could exempt LVMH from customs duty payments on the 
foreign goods exported from the proposed subzone. On domestic 
shipments, the company would be able to defer duty payments until the 
foreign merchandise is shipped from the facility and entered for U.S. 
consumption. Subzone status would further allow LVMH to realize 
logistical benefits through the use of weekly customs entry procedures. 
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 March 28, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to April 11, 2011.
    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: January 14, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-1396 Filed 1-24-11; 8:45 am]
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