[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14420]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6680]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 8-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 24--Pittston, PA; Application for Subzone 
Status J. Schoeneman, Inc., Plant (Wearing Apparel), State Line, PA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Eastern Distribution Center, Inc., grantee of FTZ 
24, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the apparel 
manufacturing plant of the J. Schoeneman, Inc. (JSI) (subsidiary of the 
Plaid Clothing Group, Inc.), located in State Line, Pennsylvania. The 
application was submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-
Trade Zones (FTZ) Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on 
March 10, 1995.-
    This application involves the proposed transfer of subzone activity 
from JSI's plant (FTZ Subzone 99A) in Wilmington, Delaware, to JSI's 
new Pennsylvania plant. Subzone status for the company's Wilmington 
plant was authorized by the Board in 1984 (Subzone 99A; Board Order 
257, 49 FR 24757, 6-15-84). The scope of FTZ authority for Subzone 99A 
is limited to non-manufacturing activity. JSI plans to close the 
Wilmington facility in 1995 and transfer the activity to its new plant 
in State Line, Pennsylvania. The activity at the proposed subzone would 
be the same as that now conducted at the Delaware plant, and no 
expansion of manufacturing authority is being requested.
    The new JSI plant (10 acres, 126,000 sq. ft) is located at 15276 
Molly Pitcher Highway (U.S. 11), State Line (Franklin County), 
Pennsylvania, some 6 miles north of Hagerstown, Maryland. The facility 
(120 employees) will be used to store, measure, and cut foreign and 
domestic fabric into tailored garment pieces that are shipped to other 
JSI plants for assembly into finished apparel (mens' and boys' suits, 
sport coats, raincoats, and trousers). Fabrics purchased from abroad 
(about 35% of total) include wool, silk, polyester, and polyester/wool 
(duty rates range up to 36.1%).
    As is the case at the Delaware plant, FTZ procedures would exempt 
JSI from Customs duty payments on the foreign status fabric that is 
reexported from the proposed subzone. On domestic production, JSI would 
be able to defer duty payments on the foreign fabric until it is 
formally entered for consumption prior to cutting. No manufacturing 
would be conducted under FTZ procedures, and the same restrictions that 
are contained in Board Order 257 would apply at this plant. The 
application indicates that the savings from zone procedures will 
continue to help maintain the international competitiveness of JSI's 
domestic operations.
    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 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 
period for their receipt is May 16, 1995. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 31, 1995).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service, Harrisburg 
International Airport, Building 135, Second Floor, room 7, Middletown, 
PA 17057-5035
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: March 13, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-6680 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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