[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45394-45395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket A(32b1)-3-97]


Foreign-Trade Zone No. 143--Sacramento, CA Area, Request for 
Manufacturing Authority (Computers and Related Electronic Products), 
Lincoln, California

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Zytec Services and Logistics (ZSL), an operator of FTZ 
143, pursuant to Sec. 400.32(b)(1) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of ZSL to manufacture and 
assemble computers and related electronic products and subassemblies 
within FTZ 143. It was formally filed on August 19, 1997.
    ZSL operates a facility (800 employees) within FTZ 143 (Site 2 (6 
acres, 2 bldgs.) at the Lincoln Airport Business Park) for the 
manufacture, assembly, distribution, repair and final systems 
integration of computers and related electronic products and 
components. Most of ZSL's manufacturing and assembly activity at this 
site involves contract work for computer and electronic product 
manufacturers, and includes contract service and repair activity. The 
manufacturing activity that ZSL proposes to conduct under FTZ 
procedures at the outset would primarily involve the manufacture/
assembly of personal computers, monitors, printers and peripherals such 
as optical scanners and digital imaging cameras.
    A number of components are purchased from abroad (an estimated 70% 
of total material value), including: Printed circuit boards, silicon 
wafers, rectifiers, integrated circuits, memory modules, CD-ROM drives, 
disk drives, scanners, hard drives, keyboards, monitors/displays (CRT 
and LCD type), LEDs, speakers, microphones, belts, valves, bearings, 
plastic materials, industrial chemicals, sensors, filters, resistors, 
transducers, fuses, plugs, relays, ink cartridges, toner cartridges, 
switches, fasteners, cards, transformers, DC/electric motors, magnets, 
modems, batteries, cabinets, power supplies,

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cables, copper wire, power cords, optical fiber, casters, cases, 
labels, and packaging materials (1997 duty range: Free--9.2%). Some 30 
percent of the finished products are exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt ZSL from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
ZSL would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the 
finished products (free--6.6%) for the foreign components noted above. 
The application indicates that the savings from zone procedures would 
help improve the facility'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 27, 1997. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 10, 1997).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following location: Office of 
the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

    Dated: August 20, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22821 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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