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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[Docket 23–2012] 

Foreign-Trade Zone 99—Wilmington, 

DE: Application for Manufacturing 

Authority; Fisker Automotive, Inc. 

(Electric Passenger Vehicles): 

Wilmington, DE 

An application has been submitted to 

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the 

Board) by the Delaware Economic 

Development Office, grantee of FTZ 99, 

requesting manufacturing authority on 

behalf of Fisker Automotive, Inc. 

(Fisker), to manufacture electricpowered, light-duty passenger vehicles 

under FTZ procedures within FTZ 99. 

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 March 23, 2012. 

The Fisker facility (approximately 

1,500 employees) is located at 801 

Boxwood Road in Wilmington, 

Delaware (Site 2). The facility (formerly 

owned by General Motors Corporation) 

will be used to produce electricpowered, light-duty passenger vehicles 

(up to 300,000 units per year) for the 

U.S. market and export. Components to 

be purchased from abroad (representing 

about 40% of total material inputs, by 

value) would include carboxylic acids, 

paints and varnishes, sealants, cleaning 

agents, grease/lubricating agents, 

adhesives, oils and fluids, welding 

compounds, fuel additives, anti-freeze, 

chemical preparations, tubing, flexible 

rubber tubes/hoses, self-adhesive plastic 

or polyurethane sheets/foil/film, labels, 

sealing tape, polyethylene/plastic bags, 

articles of plastic (e.g., handles, grips, 

knobs, locks, seals, o-rings, caps), 

articles of rubber (e.g., belts, tubes, 

hoses, dampeners, grommets, plugs, 

mountings), tires, gaskets, seals, floor 

mats, leather bags, man-made fiber and 

cotton textile bags/cases/sun blinds/felt/ 

other articles (HTSUS categories 

4202.12, 4202.19, 4202.92, 4202.99, 

5602.90, 6305.20, 6307.90—these items 

will be admitted to FTZ 99 under 

privileged foreign status (19 CFR 

146.41) or domestic (duty paid) status 

(19 CFR 146.43)), leather articles, wood 

boxes, items of paper/paperboard, 

printed materials, nets, carpet sets, 

mineral wools, safety glass, glass lenses, 

mirrors, car covers, fiberglass parts, heat 

deflectors, tube/pipe fittings, pins, 

hangers, body parts, trim parts, articles 

of base metals, roller chain, doors, 

fasteners, cotter pins, leaf/helical 

springs, clamps, articles of aluminum 

and copper, articles of zinc, hand tools, 

catalytic converters, locks and keys, 

spark-ignition and diesel engines, 

engine parts, pumps, compressors, air 

conditioner components, turbochargers, 

cooling boxes, filters, valves, parts of 

steering systems, steering wheels, hubs 

and flanges, chain, heat exchangers, 

spray nozzles, universal joints, clutches, 

half/drive shafts, transmissions and 

parts thereof, torque converters, 

differentials, bearings and parts thereof, 

compasses, thermostats, motors, 

alternators, batteries, ignition parts, 

electrical parts, lighting equipment, 

lamps, horns, windshield wipers, 

electric heaters, cameras, radio/audio/ 

video components, navigational 

equipment, speakers, antennas, 

telephonic components, wiring 

harnesses, cable, electronic components, 

printed circuits, controllers, seats, seat 

belts, airbag modules/inflators, brake 

components, road wheels, wheel locks, 

lug nuts, lug wrenches, suspension 

components, radiators, heater cores, 

exhaust systems, hinges, pneumatic 

dampeners, speedometers, tachometers, 

voltmeters, gauges, oxygen sensors, flow 

meters, anti-theft systems, LCD displays, 

regulators, sensors, resistors, relays, 

starters, cigarette lighters, clocks, spark 

plugs, and switches (duty rate range: 

free–20%). The application also 

requests authority to include a broad 

range of inputs and finished passenger 

motor vehicles that Fisker may use in 

production or produce under FTZ 

procedures in the future. New major 

activity involving these inputs/products 

would require review by the FTZ Board. 

FTZ procedures could exempt Fisker 

from customs duty payments on foreign 

components used in export production. 

The company anticipates that some 50 

percent of the plant’s shipments will be 

exported. On its domestic sales, Fisker 

would be able to choose the duty rates 

during customs entry procedures that 

apply to electric-powered passenger 

vehicles (duty rate—2.5%) for the 

foreign inputs noted above. FTZ 

designation would further allow Fisker 

to realize logistical benefits through the 

use of weekly customs entry procedures. 

Customs duties also could possibly be 

deferred or reduced on foreign status 

production equipment. The request 

indicates that the savings from FTZ 

procedures would help improve the 

plant’s international competitiveness. 

In accordance with the Board’s 

regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ Staff 

is designated examiner to evaluate and 

analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the Board. 

Public comment 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 May 29, 2012. Rebuttal 

comments in response to material 

submitted during the foregoing period 

may be submitted during the subsequent 

15-day period to June 12, 2012. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection at the 

Office of the Executive Secretary, 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading 

Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. 

For further information, contact Pierre 

Duy at Pierre.Duy@trade.gov or (202) 

482–1378. 

Dated: March 23, 2012. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7597 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] 

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