[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 177 (Monday, September 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55086-55087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-23078]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-59-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 29--Louisville, Kentucky; Notification
of Proposed Production Activity; Custom Quality Services (Liquor
Kitting); Louisville, Kentucky
Custom Quality Services submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Louisville,
Kentucky within FTZ 29. The notification conforming to the requirements
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on
September 2, 2015.
The Custom Quality Services facility is located within Site 1 of
FTZ 29. The facility is used for the warehousing, distribution and
kitting of liquor and glassware. 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 Custom Quality
Services from customs duty payments on the foreign status components
used in export production. On its domestic sales, Custom Quality
Services would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to: Whiskey liquor kits; vodka kits; tequila
kits; and, wine kits (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 6.3[cent]/
liter) for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also
could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: Whiskey,
bourbon; tequila; wine; whiskey and cola; vodka; liqueur; specialty-
tempered glassware; cut or engraved glassware;
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lead crystal glasses; non-lead crystal glasses; and, drinking glasses
(duty rate ranges from duty-free to 28.5%).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 26, 2015.
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
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: September 4, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-23078 Filed 9-11-15; 8:45 am]
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