[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45394-45395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22821]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket A(32b1)-3-97]
Foreign-Trade Zone No. 143--Sacramento, CA Area, Request for
Manufacturing Authority (Computers and Related Electronic Products),
Lincoln, California
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by Zytec Services and Logistics (ZSL), an operator of FTZ
143, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of ZSL to manufacture and
assemble computers and related electronic products and subassemblies
within FTZ 143. It was formally filed on August 19, 1997.
ZSL operates a facility (800 employees) within FTZ 143 (Site 2 (6
acres, 2 bldgs.) at the Lincoln Airport Business Park) for the
manufacture, assembly, distribution, repair and final systems
integration of computers and related electronic products and
components. Most of ZSL's manufacturing and assembly activity at this
site involves contract work for computer and electronic product
manufacturers, and includes contract service and repair activity. The
manufacturing activity that ZSL proposes to conduct under FTZ
procedures at the outset would primarily involve the manufacture/
assembly of personal computers, monitors, printers and peripherals such
as optical scanners and digital imaging cameras.
A number of components are purchased from abroad (an estimated 70%
of total material value), including: Printed circuit boards, silicon
wafers, rectifiers, integrated circuits, memory modules, CD-ROM drives,
disk drives, scanners, hard drives, keyboards, monitors/displays (CRT
and LCD type), LEDs, speakers, microphones, belts, valves, bearings,
plastic materials, industrial chemicals, sensors, filters, resistors,
transducers, fuses, plugs, relays, ink cartridges, toner cartridges,
switches, fasteners, cards, transformers, DC/electric motors, magnets,
modems, batteries, cabinets, power supplies,
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cables, copper wire, power cords, optical fiber, casters, cases,
labels, and packaging materials (1997 duty range: Free--9.2%). Some 30
percent of the finished products are exported.
Zone procedures would exempt ZSL from Customs duty payments on
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales,
ZSL would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the
finished products (free--6.6%) for the foreign components noted above.
The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would
help improve the facility'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 27, 1997. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 10, 1997).
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the following location: Office of
the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230.
Dated: August 20, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22821 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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