[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 13354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 16-2011]


Foreign-Trade Zone 229--Charleston, WV; Application for Subzone; 
Cabela's Inc.; (Hunting, Fishing, Camping and Related Outdoor 
Merchandise) Triadelphia, WV

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, 
grantee of FTZ 229, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
warehousing and distribution facility of Cabela's Inc. (Cabela's), 
located in Triadelphia, West Virginia. 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 7, 2011.
    The Cabela's facility (510 employees, 60 acres) is located at One 
Distribution Road, Triadelphia, West Virginia. The facility is used for 
the storage and distribution of outdoor merchandise, clothing and 
footwear, including optics, electronics, hunting, archery, shooting, 
fishing, boating, camping, pet and related products (duty rate ranges 
from duty-free to 48%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Cabela's from customs duty payments on 
foreign products that will be re-exported (approximately 1% 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 Cabela's 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, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 10, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to May 25, 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 Elizabeth Whiteman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: March 7, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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