[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16015]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 230--Winston-Salem, NC; Application for 
Subzone Status, United Chemi-Con, Inc., Plant (Aluminum Electrolytic 
Capacitors), Lansing, North Carolina

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the aluminum electrolytic 
capacitor manufacturing plant of United Chemi-Con, Inc. (UCC) (a 
subsidiary of Nippon Chemi-Con, Inc., of Japan), located in Lansing, 
North Carolina. 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 June 18, 2001.
    The UCC plant (45 acres/211,000 sq. ft.) is located 185 McNeil 
Road, Lansing (Ashe County), North Carolina. The facility is used to 
produce aluminum electrolytic capacitors (HTSUS# 8532.22.0020-85) for 
export and the domestic market. The production process involves 
etching, formation, slitting, winding and electrolyte impregnation of 
aluminum foil, which is then sealed into aluminum cans. Components 
purchased from abroad (representing 30% of finished capacitor value) 
include: polyoxy ethylene glyceline, aluminum and copper wire, adipic 
acid, maleic acid, isomeric decanedicarboxlic acid, silicone, tape, 
tubes of PET and PVC, gaskets, vent plugs, kraft and manila paper, 
aluminum etched foil, aluminum tabs, and fasteners (duty rate range: 
free--8.2%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt UCC from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production (20% of shipments). On its 
domestic sales, the company would be able to choose the duty rate that 
applies to finished aluminum electrolytic capacitors (duty free) for 
the foreign inputs noted above. The application indicates that subzone 
status would 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 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 August 27, 2001. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to September 11, 2001).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs Service--Greensboro, Suite C, 
532 North Regional Road, Greensboro, NC 27409.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 4008, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC 20230-0002.

    Dated: June 18, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-16015 Filed 6-25-01; 8:45 am]
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