[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 87 (Thursday, May 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25905-25906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11174]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 15-2000]


Foreign-Trade Zone 37--Orange County, NY; Request for Processing 
Authority; Newburgh Dye & Printing, Inc.; Prismatic Dyeing & Finishing, 
Inc. (Textile Finishing)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the FTZ of Orange, Ltd., operator of FTZ 37, pursuant to 
Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR Part 400), 
requesting authority on behalf of Newburgh Dye & Printing, Inc. (NDPI), 
and Prismatic Dyeing & Finishing, Inc. (PDFI), to process foreign-
origin textile products under FTZ procedures within FTZ 37. It was 
formally filed on April 26, 2000.
    NDPI and PDFI operate separate textile processing facilities 
(120,000 sq.ft., 250 employees) within FTZ 37--Site 1 located 
adjacently at 40-41A Wisner Avenue in Newburgh, New York, within the 
Stewart/Newburgh State Enterprise Zone and the Newburgh/Kingston 
Federal Empowerment Zone. In October 1999, the Wisner Avenue site 
received temporary general-purpose FTZ authority (to 11-1-2003) from 
the Board to include the two facilities (120,000 sq.ft. authorized) 
within FTZ 37. The FTZ of Orange is now requesting authority on behalf 
of NDPI and PDFI to process textile fabrics under FTZ procedures for 
the U.S. market and export. In this activity, foreign, quota-class 
woven and knit fabrics (HTSUS 5007.00 through 6022.99) would be 
admitted to the zone under privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) in 
greige form to be dyed, printed, and finished using domestic dyes and 
chemicals. The proposed finishing activity would involve shrinking, 
sanferizing, desizing, sponging, bleaching, cleaning/laundering, 
calendaring, hydroxilating, decatizing, fulling, mercerizing, 
chintzing, moiring, framing/beaming, stiffening, weighting, crushing, 
tubing, thermofixing, anti-microbial finishing, shower proofing, flame 
retardation, and embossing of customer-owned fabric. The finished 
privileged foreign status fabric would then be transferred from the 
zone for Customs entry under its original textile quota and HTS 
classifications (no activity would be permitted that would result in 
transformation, tariff shift, or change in quota class or country of 
origin), with appropriate duty assessment and quota decrement.
    FTZ procedures would exempt NDPI and PDFI from Customs duty 
payments on the foreign fabric processed for re-export. On shipments 
for the U.S. market, full duty payment would be deferred until the 
fabric is transferred from the zone for Customs entry. The application 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
facilities' international competitiveness.
    The application has requested review under Section 400.32(b)(1) of 
the FTZ Board regulations based on the election of privileged foreign 
status for the fabric admitted to FTZ 37.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing date 
for their receipt is June 7, 2000.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the following location: Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-
Trade Zones Board, Room 4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street 
& Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.


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    Dated: April 26, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-11174 Filed 5-3-00; 8:45 am]
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