[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 12022]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4960]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 15-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 230-Greensboro, NC; Application for Subzone; 
VF Jeanswear (Apparel Distribution); Mocksville, NC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the warehousing and 
distribution facility of VF Jeanswear, located in Mocksville, North 
Carolina. 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 
March 1, 2011.
    The VF Jeanswear facility (430 employees, 71.67acres/494,000 square 
feet of enclosed space) is located at 1401 U.S. Highway 601 South, 
Mocksville, North Carolina. The facility is used for warehousing and 
distribution of foreign-origin apparel (duty rates 16.6%-28.6%) for the 
U.S. market and export. The applicant is not seeking manufacturing or 
processing authority with this request.
    FTZ procedures could exempt VF Jeanswear from customs duty payments 
on foreign apparel that is exported (about 1% of shipments). On 
domestic sales, duty payments would be deferred until the foreign 
merchandise is shipped from the facility and entered for U.S. 
consumption. FTZ designation would further allow VF Jeanswear to 
realize logistical benefits through the use of certain customs 
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, Diane Finver 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 
May 3, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during 
the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day 
period to May 18, 2011.
    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 http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Diane Finver at 
[email protected] (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: March 1, 2011.
Elizabeth Whiteman,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-4960 Filed 3-3-11; 8:45 am]
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