[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01576]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-3-2014]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 49--Newark, New Jersey Area, 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Western Carriers, Inc., 
(Kitting of Liquor Gift Sets), North Bergen, NJ

    The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, grantee of FTZ 49, 
submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ 
Board on behalf of Western Carriers, Inc. (WCI), located in North 
Bergen, New Jersey. The notification conforming to the requirements of 
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on 
January 13, 2014.
    The WCI facility is located within Site 15 of FTZ 49. The facility 
is used for the production of liquor gift sets by WCI and its 
customers. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ activity would be limited 
to the specific foreign-status 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 WCI and its customers 
from customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in 
export production. On its domestic sales, WCI and its customers would 
be able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to finished whiskey, gin, or vodka gift sets (free) for the 
foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly 
be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: glassware (drinking 
glasses); Irish/Scotch whiskey; gin; and, vodka (duty rate ranges from 
free to 22.5%).
    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 March 10, 2014.
    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: January 17, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-01576 Filed 1-27-14; 8:45 am]
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