26716 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 96 / Thursday, May 18, 1995 / Notices

Whereas, the Board’s regulations

require Board approval prior to

commencement of new manufacturing/

processing activity within existing zone

facilities;

Whereas, the Rickenbacker Port

Authority, grantee of FTZ 138, has

requested authority under § 400.32(b)(1)

of the Board’s regulations on behalf of

Columbus Industries, Inc., to

manufacture air filters under zone

procedures within FTZ 138, Columbus,

Ohio (filed 4/29/94, FTZ Docket

A(32b1)–1–94; amended 8/9/94; Doc.

11–95, assigned 3/29/95);

Whereas, pursuant to said provision,

the Commerce Department’s Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration has

the authority to act for the Board in

making such decisions in situations

where the incoming merchandise for the

proposed activity is admitted in foreignprivileged status (§ 400.32(b)(1)(iii));

Whereas, the request, as amended,

states that Columbus Industries will pay

full duties on all merchandise admitted

to the zone for its use in the

manufacture of products for the

domestic market (e.g., no duty

exemption will be claimed for scrap and

waste); and

Whereas, the FTZ Staff has reviewed

the proposal, taking into account the

criteria of § 400.31, and the Executive

Secretary has recommended approval;

Now, Therefore, the Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

acting for the Board pursuant to

§ 400.32(b)(1), concurs in the

recommendation and hereby approves

the request, as amended, subject to the

Act and the Board’s regulations,

including § 400.28, and subject to the

further requirement that all

merchandise admitted to the zone for

the Columbus Industries operation shall

be placed in privileged foreign status

(19 CFR 146.41).

Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of

May 1995.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import

Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board.

Attest:

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12196 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Dockets 21–95; 22–95]

Foreign-Trade Zone 168—Dallas-Fort

Worth, Texas; Foreign-Trade Zone

196—Fort Worth, Texas; Requests for

Expanded Manufacturing Authority

Nokia Mobile Phones Manufacturing

(USA), Inc. (Telecommunications

Products)

Applications have been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the Foreign-Trade Zone

Operating Company of Texas, operator

of FTZ 168, and Alliance Corridor, Inc.,

grantee of FTZ 196, requesting authority

on behalf of Nokia Mobile Phones

Manufacturing (USA), Inc./Nokia

Mobile Phones Trading (USA), Inc.

(Nokia), to expand Nokia’s authority to

manufacture telecommunications

products under zone procedures within

FTZ 168 and FTZ 196. The applications

were 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). They were formally filed on

May 8, 1995.

The FTZ Board authorized Nokia to

manufacture cellular phones using

certain foreign components under zone

procedures within FTZ 168 and FTZ

196 in late 1994 (Board Orders 728 and

729, 60 FR 2376, 1/9/95).

Nokia is now seeking authority to

manufacture a broader range of

telecommunications products at its

plants within FTZ 168 and FTZ 196,

including mobile/cellular phones,

cellular phone systems equipment,

office and cellular switching systems,

telecommunications network

equipment, and related signal and data

processing equipment. Many of the

components for the finished cellular

phones are currently sourced from

abroad, including printed circuits,

integrated circuits, semiconductors,

resistors, capacitors, diodes, crystals,

liquid crystal display panels, switches,

speakers, antennas, power supplies,

transformers, batteries, pagers, leather

and plastic cases, rubber and plastic

parts, fasteners, iron and steel parts, and

packaging materials. Other components

that may also be sourced from abroad

include signal reception and

transmission equipment, sound

recording equipment, electric motors,

glass envelopes, propylene, cabinets,

wire, cable, and computers/components.

Zone procedures would exempt Nokia

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign components used in export

production. On its domestic sales, the

company would be able to choose the

duty rates that apply to finished

products (free-8.7%). The duty rates on

components range from duty-free to 15

percent. The applications indicate that

savings from zone procedures would

help the international competitiveness

of Nokia’s domestic plants.

In accordance with the Board’s

regulations, a member of the FTZ Staff

has been appointed examiner to

investigate the applications and report

to the Board.

Public comment on the applications 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 July 17, 1995. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to August 1, 1995).

Copies of the applications and the

accompanying exhibits will be available

for public inspection at each of the

following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, District

Office, 2050 N. Stemmons Freeway,

Suite 170, Dallas, TX 75258

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: May 10, 1995.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–12197 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[Order No. 740]

Revision of Grant of Authority,

Subzone 116A, Star Enterprise (Oil

Refinery); Jefferson/Hardin Counties,

Texas

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u),

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) adopts the following Order:

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones

(FTZ) Board (the Board) authorized

subzone status at the refinery complex

of Star Enterprise in Jefferson/Hardin

Counties (Port Arthur area), Texas, in

1993, subject to three conditions

(Subzone 116A, Board Order 668, 59 FR

61, 1/3/94);

Whereas, the Foreign-Trade of

Southeast Texas, grantee of FTZ 116,

has requested pursuant to

§ 400.32(b)(1)(i), a revision (filed 3/27/

95, A(32b1)-3–95; FTZ Doc. 19–95,

assigned 5/2/95) of the grant of

authority for FTZ Subzone 116A which

would make its scope of authority

identical to that recently granted for