[Federal Register: August 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 156)] [Notices] [Page 44198-44199] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr13au99-47] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duty rate Material HTSUS category HTSUS No. (percent) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Free. The final products are listed below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Duty rate Product HTSUS No. (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copier and Printer Bulk Toner............. 3707.90.3290 6.5 Copier and Printer Toner Resin............ 3707.90.3290 6.5 [[Page 44199]] Copier Toner Cartridges................... 9009.90.7090 (\1\) Printer Toner Cartridges.................. 8473.30.9000 (\1\) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ Free. 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] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P