[Federal Register: March 29, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 61)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 11-2000]

Foreign-Trade Zone 39--Dallas/Fort Worth, TX--Application for
Subzone; Zale Corporation (Distribution/Processing of Jewelry and
Accessories), Irving, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board,
grantee of FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
jewelry and accessories warehousing/distribution/processing facilities
of Zale Corporation (Zale), located in Irving, TX, some 20 miles
northwest of Dallas. 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 March 21, 2000.
    The Zale facility is located at 901 W. Walnut Hill Lane (430,000
sq. ft. on 15.22 acres). There are 80 employees within the distribution
center. The facility is used for storage, inspection, packaging, repair
and distribution of a wide variety of jewelry and accessories, watches
and giftware. About 30 percent of the products are sourced from abroad.
Subzone status is sought for quality inspection/distribution to Zale
Canada. One hundred percent of foreign items admitted into the zone

will be exported to Canada. Seventy percent of Zale Canada's inventory
is NAFTA-qualified. No authority is being sought for activity conducted
under FTZ procedures that would result in a change in tariff
classification.
    Zone procedures would exempt Zale from Customs duty payments on
foreign products that are reexported. On any domestic sales, the
company would be limited to deferral of 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

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has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and report
to the Board.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below. The closing period for their receipt is
May 30, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to June 12, 2000.)
    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, 2050 N. Stemmons
Fwy., Suite 170, P.O. Box 420069, Dallas, Texas 75207
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Constitution Avenues, NW,
Washington, DC 20230

    Dated: March 21, 2000.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-7765 Filed 3-28-00; 8:45 am]
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