[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44198-44199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21018]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 39-99]
Foreign-Trade Zone 106--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Application for
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status Xerox Corporation (Photocopier and Printer
Toner and Cartridges); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area,
grantee of FTZ 106, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
photocopier and printer toner and cartridge manufacturing facilities of
Xerox Corporation (Xerox), located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The
application was submitted pursuant to 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 August 4, 1999.
The Xerox facility (443,000 mfg. sq. ft. on 123 acres) is located
at 100 North Mustang Road and Route I-40, Oklahoma City (Canadian
County), Oklahoma. The facility (400 employees) produces bulk and
packaged toner and toner cartridges for photocopiers and printers. The
plant also produces photoreceptors, developers and binder tape for
photocopiers, but is not requesting to produce them under zone
procedures at this time. Foreign-sourced materials will account for, on
average, 14 percent of product value, and include the items listed
below:
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Duty rate
Material HTSUS category HTSUS No. (percent)
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SMT5103....................................... Pigment preparations............. 3206.11.0000 6.0
NA50 SH Additive.............................. Other silicon dioxide............ 2811.22.5000 (\1\)
T77W.......................................... Polypropylene polymers........... 3902.10.0000 10.10
Bontron P-51.................................. Quaternary ammonium, other....... 2923.90.0000 6.2
Wax 660P...................................... Styrene polymers................. 3902.10.0000 7.0
P200 Wax...................................... Polypropylene polymers........... 3902.10.0000 10.10
800P Wax...................................... Polyethylene, GRV .94 3901.20.0000 10.10
T102STT127.................................... Titanium oxides.................. 2823.00.0000 5.6
TRH-SD CCA.................................... Polypropylene polymers........... 3902.10.0000 10.10
CEO2 Additive................................. Cerium compounds................. 2846.10.0000 5.8
Various bulk toners, XP303 Resin, XP767, Chemical preps for Photographic 3707.90.3290 6.5
Resapol HT. uses.
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The final products are listed below:
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Duty rate
Product HTSUS No. (percent)
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Copier and Printer Bulk Toner............. 3707.90.3290 6.5
Copier and Printer Toner Resin............ 3707.90.3290 6.5
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Copier Toner Cartridges................... 9009.90.7090 (\1\)
Printer Toner Cartridges.................. 8473.30.9000 (\1\)
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Zone procedures would exempt Xerox from Customs duty payments on
foreign components used in export production (some 5-25% of
production). On its domestic sales, Xerox would be able to choose the
lower duty rate (duty free or 6.5%) that applies to the finished
products for the foreign components noted above (duty free-10.1%, with
a weighted average duty rate of 7.8%). FTZ procedures will also help
Xerox implement a more cost-effective system for handling Customs
requirements (including weekly entry filings, reduced brokerage fees
and Customs merchandise processing fees). 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 designated 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 October 12, 1999. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 27, 1999.
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 301 Northwest
63rd Street, Suite 330, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116
Dated: August 4, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21018 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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