[Federal Register: December 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 232)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 63-99]

 
Foreign-Trade Zone 205--Port Hueneme, California; Application for 
Subzone, Imation Enterprises Corporation, Camarillo, CA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Oxnard Harbor District, grantee of FTZ 205, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing 
facilities (data storage products) of Imation Enterprises Corporation 
(Imation), located in Camarillo, California. 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 24, 1999.
    The Imation plant (49.01 acres) is located at 350 South Lewis Road 
in Camarillo, California. The Imation facilities are used for the 
manufacturing, testing, packaging and warehousing of magnetic data 
storage tapes and unrecorded media (HTS 8523.12 and 8523.13, duty 
free). Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing some 
85% of all parts consumed in manufacturing) include: carbon black, iron 
oxides, polypropylene, polystyrene and polycarbonate resin, acrylic 
polymers, articles of plastic and paper, helical springs, and stainless 
steel tape guides (HTS 2803, 2821, 3902, 3903, 3907, 3920, 3926, 4811, 
4819, 7320 and 7326.90 duty rate ranges from duty free to 9.5%). The 
application also indicates that the company may in the future import 
under FTZ procedures other materials used in the production of data 
storage products.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Imation from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 50 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Imation 
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures 
that apply to finished data storage products (duty free) for the 
foreign inputs noted above. Also, Imation has submitted applications 
for subzone status at three additional locations, and products shipped 
to facilities with subzone status could be further processed while 
remaining in zone status. 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 February 1, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to February 16, 2000).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 700 Ralston St., 
Suite 310, Ventura, California 93030.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: November 24, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31420 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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