[Federal Register: December 6, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 235)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 53-2002]
Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, GA; Application for Subzone Ricoh
Electronics, Inc. (Toner Cartridges, Related Toner Products and Thermal
Paper Products), Lawrenceville, GA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26,
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the toner cartridges,
related toner products, and thermal paper products manufacturing plant
of Ricoh Electronics, Inc. (Ricoh Electronics) in Lawrenceville,
Georgia. 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
November 19, 2002.
Ricoh Electronics' plant (73.13 acres/351,058 square feet, with a
possible expansion of one additional building and expansion to existing
buildings totaling 486,000 square feet) is located at 1125 Hurricane
Shoals Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
The facility (340 employees) is requesting subzone status to
produce thermal label paper (HTSUS 4811.41.1000--duty rate 1.2% and
4811.51.2050--duty free), tag paper (HTSUS 4811.90.8000--duty rate
.4%), TC film (HTSUS 3920.62.0000--duty rate 4.2%), thermal transfer
ribbon (HTSUS 9612.10.9030--duty rate 8.1%), toner cartridges (HTSUS
8473.30.5000, 8473.40.8000, 8517.90.0400, and 9009.99.4000--duty free),
toner and developer (HTSUS 3707.90.3290--duty rate 6.5%), and
remanufactured toner cartridges. The company may add other Ricoh
products such as highly advanced digital copiers, laser and multi-
function printers, copier and printer peripherals (such as sorters,
large capacity trays, and copier stands), printed circuit boards,
secure fax machines, eCabinets (electronic data storage units), and
other products to their manufacturing line in the future. Foreign-
sourced materials will account for some 40 percent of finished product
value, and include items from the following general categories:
Vegetable waxes; quartz; mineral oils; carbon; inorganic acids and
oxygen compounds of nonmetals; aluminum oxide; iron oxides; titanium
oxides; sulfates; carbonates; silicates; oxometallic or peroxometallic
acids; acyclic alcohols; phenols; ethers; saturated acyclic
monocarboxylic acids; polycarboxilic acids; amine function compounds;
diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds; organic derivatives of hydrazine;
organo-sulfur compounds; heterocyclic compounds; other organic
compounds; paints and varnishes; surface-active agents; artificial
waxes and prepared waxes; prepared glues and other prepared adhesives;
photographic film; photographic paper, paperboard; chemical
preparations for photographic uses; finishing agents; rubber
accelerators; organic composite solvents and thinners; prepared binders
for foundry molds; polymers of ethylene/propylene/styrene/vinyl
chloride/vinyl acetate and acrylic; epoxide resins; polyamides in
primary forms; amino-resins; silicones; cellulose; tubes, pipes and
hoses; self-adhesive plates; sheets, film, foil, tape; other articles
of plastics; other articles of unvulcanized rubber; conveyor or
transmission belts; wood packing cases and boxes, uncoated paper and
paperboard; paper cartons and boxes, cellulose wadding or fibers;
bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp; cleaning
seals for cartridge assembly; fabricated asbestos fibers; glass
spheres; metal fasteners; copper springs; aluminum foil; aluminum tube
or pipe fittings; tungsten; base metal mountings; metal office
fasteners; air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans;
centrifuges; automatic data processing machines; other office machines
and parts and accessories; molds for metal foundry; taps, cocks,
valves; ball or roller bearings; transmission shafts and cranks;
gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting; electric motors and
generators; electrical transformers, static converters and inductors;
electromagnets, permanent magnets; primary cells and primary batteries;
industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens; electric
instantaneous or storage water heaters, electric space heating
apparatus, electrothermic hairdressing apparatus; electrical apparatus
for line telephony or telegraphy, videophones; electrical capacitors;
electrical resistors; printed circuits; electrical apparatus for
switching or protecting electrical circuits; electrical filament or
discharge lamps; diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor
devices; electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies; insulated
wire and
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cable; insulating fittings for electrical machines; waste and scrap of
primary cells and batteries; mirrors; lenses; photographic cameras;
photocopying apparatus; instruments and appliances used in dental,
medical, veterinary and surgical sciences; measuring instruments;
counters, automatic regulating or controlling instruments or apparatus;
contact static eliminator brush for copiers; and typewriter ribbons.
Zone procedures would exempt Ricoh Electronics from Customs duty
payments on foreign materials used in production for export. Some 25
percent of the toner products are exported. On domestic sales, the
company would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to the
finished products (primarily duty-free, with some up to 8.1%) rather
than the duty rates that would otherwise apply to the foreign-sourced
materials noted above (duty-free to 12.5 percent, weighted average
4.7%). The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures
will 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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions
(original and three copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-Trade-
Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building--
Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St., NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is February 4, 2003. Rebuttal
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to February 19,
2003).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at address Number 1 listed above, and
at the U.S. Export Assistance Center, Marquis Two Tower, Suite 200, 285
Peachtree Center Avenue, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1229.
Dated: November 21, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30872 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]