[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20888-20889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08112]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-28-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158--Vicksburg/Jackson, Mississippi; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Lane Furniture 
Industries, Inc., (Upholstered Furniture), Belden, Saltillo, and 
Verona, Mississippi

    The Greater Mississippi Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 
158, submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf 
of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc. (Lane), located in Belden, Saltillo, 
and Verona, Mississippi. The notification conforming to the 
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was 
received on February 28, 2013.
    The Lane facilities are located within Sites 14, 16, and 17 of FTZ 
158 and currently have authority to conduct cut-and-sew activity using 
certain foreign micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics to produce 
upholstered furniture and related parts (upholstery cover sets) on a 
restricted basis (see, Board Order 1598, 74 FR 263, 1-5-2009). Board 
Order 1598 authorized the production of upholstered furniture (sofa, 
chairs, and recliners) for a five-year period, with a scope of 
authority that only provides FTZ savings on a limited quantity (6.5 
million square yards/year) of foreign origin, micro-denier suede 
upholstery fabric finished with a hot caustic soda solution process. 
All foreign upholstery fabric other than micro-denier suede fabric used 
in Lane's production within FTZ 158 is subject to full customs duties.
    The current request seeks to extend the company's current FTZ 
authority indefinitely. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity 
would be limited to the specific foreign-status materials and 
components and specific finished products described in the submitted 
notification (as described below) and subsequently authorized by the 
FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Lane from customs duty 
payments on the foreign micro-denier suede upholstery fabric used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, Lane would be able to apply 
the finished upholstery cover set (i.e., furniture part) or finished 
furniture duty rate (free) for the micro-denier suede fabric listed 
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    The proposed scope of authority under FTZ procedures would only

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involve micro-denier suede upholstery fabrics finished with a hot 
caustic soda solution process, as detailed in the notification (duty 
rate ranges from 2.7 to 17.2%). All other material inputs used in the 
production activity would be in domestic (duty paid) status.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is May 20, 2013.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
FTZ Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy at 
[email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: April 2, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-08112 Filed 4-5-13; 8:45 am]
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