[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48578-48579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23210]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 42-99]
Foreign-Trade Zone 49--Newark/Elizabeth, New Jersey; Application
for Subzone, Clariant Corp., Somerville, New Jersey
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, grantee of
FTZ 49, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing
and warehousing facilities of Clariant Corporation (Clariant), located
in Somerville, New Jersey. 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 August 25, 1999.
The Clariant Corporation has two sites with 150 employees in
Somerset County, New Jersey. Site 1 (64.06 acres) is located at 70
Meister Avenue in Somerville, New Jersey. Site 2 (2 acres) is located
at 55 Veronica Avenue in Somerset, New Jersey. The Clariant facilities
are used for the manufacturing, testing, packaging and warehousing of
specialized electronic chemicals used in the production of
microelectronic devices. Initially, zone savings are expected to come
from the manufacture of photoresists, strippers, anti-reflective
coatings, and edge bead removers/thinners (HTS 3707 and 3814, duty rate
ranges from 6.0% to 6.5%). Components and materials sourced from abroad
(representing about 70% of all parts consumed in manufacturing)
include: sulfonic esters, resins, dyes, organic surface active agents,
and chemical preparations for photographic uses (HTS 2927, 3402, 3707,
and 3909, duty rate ranges from 4.0% to 9.5%). The application also
indicates that the company may in the future import under FTZ
procedures a wide variety of other chemical materials, as well as other
products used in the production of electronic chemicals.
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FTZ procedures would exempt Clariant from Customs duty payments on
the foreign components used in export production. Some 10 percent of
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Clariant
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures
that apply to finished electronic chemicals (6.0-6.5%) for the foreign
inputs noted above. In addition, Clariant products shipped to
semiconductor manufacturers with subzone status could be subject to the
semiconductor duty rate (duty-free). The request indicates that the
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's
international competitiveness.
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 3 copies) shall be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing period
for their receipt is November 8, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during
the subsequent 15-day period November 22, 1999.
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Customs Port of Entry -Perth Amboy, 205 Jefferson St., Room 203,
Perth Amboy, NJ 08861.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230
Dated: August 27, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-23210 Filed 9-3-99; 8:45 am]
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