[Federal Register: October 6, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 193)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45-98]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 170--Clark County, Indiana; Application for 
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, Lexmark International, Inc. (Computer 
Printers and Related Products), Seymour, Indiana

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Indiana Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 170, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the computer printer 
distribution and assembly facilities of Lexmark International, Inc. 
(Lexmark), located in Seymour, Indiana. 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 September 28, 1998.
    The Lexmark facility (1 bldg./588,00 square feet plus 266,500 sq. 
ft. expansion and a planned new 250,000 sq.ft. bldg. on 61.2 acres) is 
located at 1510 East Fourth Street in Seymour, Indiana (Jackson 
County), some 50 miles south of Indianapolis. The facility (200 
employees) which began operations in June 1998 is used for the storage 
and distribution for import and export of computer printers, 
typewriters, and related supplies and some final stage assembly of 
computer printer products. The facility will be used for the 
distribution of most products manufactured at Lexmark's plant located 
at FTZ Subzone 29D in Lexington, Kentucky. In the future, the Indiana 
facility may also be used for full-scale manufacture of computer 
printers and subassemblies, typewriters and related products. A number 
of components may be purchased from abroad (an estimated 25-50% of 
value for some manufactured products), including ink and toner 
chemicals, plastic materials, sensors, printed circuit boards, 
capacitors, resistors, switches, fuses, relays, LEDs, fasteners and 
springs, electric motors, indicator panels, magnets, batteries, 
typewriter ribbons, ink cartridges, toner cartridges, power suppliers, 
cables, power cords, unfinished printers, printer parts, scanners, 
copiers, labels, plastic carrying cases, labels, printed materials, and 
packaging materials (1997 duty range: free-20%, with most ranging from 
duty-free to 6.9%).
    Zone procedures would exempt Lexmark from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Lexmark would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the 
finished products (free-0.5%, mostly duty-free) for the foreign 
components noted above. 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 December 7, 1998. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 21, 1998.
    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, 11405 N. 
Pennsylvania St., Suite 106, Carmel, Indiana 46032

    Dated: September 29, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26778 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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