[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49440-49441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23774]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 27--Boston, MA; Application for Subzone, J. 
Baker, Inc. (Distribution of Apparel, Footwear and Accessories), 
Canton, MA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Massachusetts Port Authority (Boston, MA), grantee 
of FTZ 27, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the apparel, 
footwear and accessories warehousing/distribution facilities of J. 
Baker, Inc., located in Canton, MA, some 22 miles south of Boston. 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 September 7, 
1999.
    The Baker facilities are located at 330 Turnpike Street (750,000 
sq. ft. on 30.7 acres) and 555 Turnpike Street (45,850 sq. ft. on 4.16 
acres). There are 800 employees at the two facilities. The facilities 
are used for storage, inspection, finishing, packaging and distribution 
of a wide variety of apparel, footwear and accessories such as 
neckties, belts, hosiery, gloves and novelty items. About 65 percent of 
the products are sourced from abroad and over 5 percent are exported. 
No authority is being sought for activity conducted under FTZ 
procedures that would result in a change in tariff classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Baker from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are reexported. On its domestic sales, the 
company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is 
shipped from the plant. The application indicates that the savings from 
zone procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
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and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address below. The closing period for their receipt is November 12, 
1999. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the 
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period 
(to November 29, 1999).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 164 Northern 
Avenue, World Trade Center, Suite 307, Boston, MA 02210
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: September 7, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-23774 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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