Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 81 / Thursday, April 25, 1996 / Notices 18375

Dated: April 18, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 96–10115 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 31–96]

Foreign-Trade Zone 98—Birmingham,

AL; Application for Subzone Status, ZF

Industries, Inc. (Automotive Axle

Assemblies), Tuscaloosa, Alabama

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the

Board) by the City of Birmingham,

Alabama, grantee of FTZ 98, requesting

special-purpose subzone status for the

automotive axle assembly

manufacturing plant of ZF Industries,

Inc. (ZF) (subsidiary of ZF

Friedrichshafen AG, Germany), located

in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 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 April 16, 1996.

The new ZF plant (34 acres, 83,000

sq.ft.), currently under construction, is

located at 1200 Commerce Drive within

the Tuscaloosa County Airport

Industrial Park, about 4 miles west of

the City of Tuscaloosa. The facility (200

employees) will be used to produce

front and rear axle assemblies for

passenger vehicles manufactured at the

Mercedes-Benz motor vehicle assembly

plant in Tuscaloosa County, as well as

for export. The application indicates

that, at the outset, foreign-sourced parts

and materials will comprise some 25

percent of the finished axle assemblies’

material value, including: pinion sets,

steering gears, tie rods, parking brake

cables, and fasteners (duty rate range:

2.9–12.5%). Foreign (non-North

American) parts and materials

purchases are projected to decline to

about 14 percent of the total in the

medium term.

Zone procedures would exempt ZF

from Customs duty payments on the

foreign items used in production for

export. On domestic shipments

transferred in-bond to the MercedesBenz plant (Subzone 98A, Board Order

803, 61 FR 8237, 3–4–96), no duties

would be paid on foreign-origin

components of the axle assemblies until

Mercedes enters the finished motor

vehicles for domestic consumption, at

which time, Mercedes could choose to

apply the finished auto duty rate (2.5%).

Mercedes would pay no duties on its

exports. For axle assemblies withdrawn

for Customs entry, the company would

be able to choose the axle duty rate

(2.9%) for the foreign-origin fasteners

noted above. The application indicates

that the savings from zone procedures

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 June 24, 1996. Rebuttal

comments in response to material

submitted during the foregoing period

may be submitted during the subsequent

15-day period (to July 9, 1996).

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 District

Office, Medical Forum Building, 7th

Floor, 950 22nd Street North,

Birmingham, AL 35203.

Office of the Executive Secretary,

Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Room

3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–10110 Filed 4–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

International Trade Administration

[A–351–806]

Silicon Metal from Brazil; Antidumping

Duty Administrative Review; Time

Limits

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time

limits.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

(the Department) is extending the time

limits of the preliminary and final

results of the fourth administrative

review of the antidumping duty order

on silicon metal from Brazil. The review

covers five manufacturers/exporters of

the subject merchandise to the United

States and the period July 1, 1994,

through June 30, 1995.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 25, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred

Baker or John Kugelman, Office of

Antidumping Compliance, Import

Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–5253.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Because it

is not practicable to complete this

review within the normal time frame,

the Department is extending the time

limits for completion of the preliminary

results until July 29, 1996, in

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of

the Trade and Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act of 1994. We will issue

our final results for this review by

December 5, 1996.

These extensions are in accordance

with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff

Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C.

§ 1675(a)(3)(A)).

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance.

[FR Doc. 96–10114 Filed 4–24–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[A–549–502]

Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel

Pipes and Tubes from Thailand;

Amended Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of amended final results

of antidumping duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On January 19, 1996, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published the final results

of its administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on certain

circular welded carbon steel pipes and

tubes from Thailand (61 FR 1328). On

February 2, 1996, Saha Thai Steel Pipe

Co., Ltd. (Saha Thai), the sole

respondent covered by this review, filed

a timely allegation of clerical error

regarding calculation of the cash deposit

rate. Petitioners filed a timely reply to

respondent’s clerical error allegation on

February 9, 1996. Upon review of these

submissions, we have determined that

the Department made a clerical error

when it stated in the final results that

‘‘the countervailing duty review for the

period January 1, 1993, through

December 31, 1993, has not yet been

completed.’’ Id. at 1338. It is because of