Foreign-Trade Zone 202 Los Angeles, California, Application for Subzone, Sony Electronics, Inc., (Audio, Video, Communications and Information Technology Products and Accessories), Los Angeles, Carson and Lynwood, California, 26923-26924 [E6-7043]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 2006 / Notices Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1508.22; Forest Service Handbook 1909.15, section 21. Dated: May 1, 2006. Ronald L. Baer, Acting District Ranger. [FR Doc. E6–7022 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Forest Service Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee Forest Service, USDA. Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Siskiyou County Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Yreka, California, May 15, 2006. The meeting will include routine business, and discussion and recommendation of fifteen (15) previously submitted project proposals. DATES: The meeting will be held May 15, 2006, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Yreka High School Library, Preece Way, Yreka, California. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Talley, RAC Coordinator, Klamath National Forest, (530) 841–4423 or electronically at rtalley@fs.fed.us. 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DATE AND TIME: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 16–2006] Foreign–Trade Zone 202 Los Angeles, California, Application for Subzone, Sony Electronics, Inc., (Audio, Video, Communications and Information Technology Products and Accessories), Los Angeles, Carson and Lynwood, California An application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, grantee of FTZ 202, requesting special–purpose subzone status for the warehousing and distribution facilities of Sony Electronics, Inc. (Sony), located in Los Angeles, Carson and Lynwood, California. 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 28, 2006. The Sony facilities (250 employees) consist of five sites on 65 acres: Site 1 (21.5 acres) is located at 2201 East Carson St., Carson; Site 2 (20.1 acres) is located at 1651 E. Glenn Curtiss St., Carson; Site 3 (1 acre) is located at 6041 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles; Site 4 (7 acres) is located at 1071 E. 233rd St., Carson; and Site 5 (15 acres) is located at 2700 E. Imperial Highway, Lynwood. The facilities are used for the storage, distribution, packaging, kitting, inspecting, testing and repair of audio, video, communications and information technology products and accessories. Zone procedures would exempt Sony from customs duty payments on products that are re–exported. Some 5 percent of the products are re–exported. On its domestic sales, the company would be able to defer duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the facilities and entered for consumption. FTZ designation would further allow Sony to utilize certain customs procedures resulting in increased efficiencies for its logistics and distribution operations. In addition, Sony is requesting authority to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to digital camera and camcorder kits (HTS 8525.40, duty E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1 26924 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 9, 2006 / Notices rate ranges from duty–free to 2.1%) for the following imported components: memory sticks, digital still cameras, digital camcorders, rechargeable battery packs and soft carrying cases (HTS 4202.91, 8507.80, 8523.90, 8525.40, duty rate ranges from duty–free to 4.5%). The company has also indicated that it will import soft carrying cases (HTS 4202.92, duty rate 17.6%), but that they will be admitted to the zone in privileged foreign status. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plants’ international competitiveness. In accordance with the Board’s regulations, a member of the FTZ staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and report 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 July 10, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 24, 2006. A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations: U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 444 South Flower Street, 34th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071. Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230. Dated: April 28, 2006. Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–7043 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board [Docket 17–2006] mstockstill on PROD1PC68 with NOTICES Foreign–Trade Subzone 29F Harrodsburg, KY, Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc., Removal of Restriction (Automotive Components) A application has been submitted to the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board) by Hitachi Automotive Products, Inc. (HAP), operator of Subzone 29F, at VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:02 May 08, 2006 Jkt 208001 the HAP automotive components manufacturing plant in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, requesting removal of the restriction pursuant to Board Order 497. It was formally filed on April 28, 2006. Subzone 29F was approved by the Board in 1990 with authority granted for the manufacture of automotive components under FTZ procedures for the U.S. market and export (Board Order 497, 56 FR 674, 1–8–91). The manufacturing authority was approved with a restriction requiring that privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41) must be elected on all foreign– origin merchandise admitted to the subzone for use in the manufacture of automotive components, except for merchandise that is used in the manufacture of high–tech, electronic automotive components, such as control units, electronic throttle bodies, and mass air sensors. The restriction precludes inverted tariff benefits on foreign–origin merchandise used to manufacture standard, commodity–type components (e.g., starters, alternators, pressure sensors) for the U.S. market. HAP is now requesting that the Board remove the restriction requiring that foreign–origin merchandise must be admitted to the subzone under privileged foreign status when such merchandise is to be used in the manufacture of standard, commodity– type products. The commodity–type automotive components subject to unrestricted FTZ benefits would include: Hydraulic pumps, fuel injection pumps, filters, catalytic converters, valves and actuators, motors, inverters, ignition coils, starters, generators, voltage regulators, transistors, conductors, thermistors, carbon brushes, integrated circuits, relay boxes, terminal covers, and wiring sets (duty rate range: free - 4.4%). Foreign– origin material inputs comprise approximately 80 percent of HAP’s finished automotive components’ material value and include: adhesives, plastic fittings, plastic and rubber belts, fasteners, gaskets/seals/o–rings, metal fittings, labels, plastic wedging, springs, brackets, plates, filters, bearings, air pumps/compressors, valves, switches, electric motors, tubes/pipes/profiles, aluminum plugs, transformers, crankshafts, camshafts, gears, pulleys, couplings, clutches, parts of electric motors, pinions, magnets, ignition parts, diodes, transistors, semiconductors, liquid crystal devices, electrical instruments, television cameras, navigation apparatus, capacitors, PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 resistors, printed/integrated circuits, fuses, rheostats, connectors, terminals, piezoelectric crystals, regulators, lamps, wires, cables, insulators, brushes, steering wheels, hubs, brackets, shafts, and measuring instruments (duty rate range: free - 8.6%). FTZ procedures exempt HAP from Customs duty payments on the foreign component inputs used in production for export to non–NAFTA countries. On its domestic shipments and exports to NAFTA markets, the company would be able to elect the duty rate that applies to finished automotive components (2.5%) for the foreign inputs within the finished commodity–type automotive components. On the finished, commodity–type components shipped from the HAP plant in–bond to U.S. light vehicle auto assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid on the foreign–origin inputs until the finished vehicles are formally entered for consumption, at which time the automobile duty rate (2.5%) would be applied to the foreign–origin inputs. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures will continue to help improve the HAP 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 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 July 10, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to July 24, 2006. A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be available for public inspection at each of the following locations: U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, Room 634B, 601 West Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky 40202; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign– Trade Zones Board, Room 1115, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, District of Columbia 20230–0002; Tel: (202) 482–2862. Dated: April 28, 2006. Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–7053 Filed 5–8–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S E:\FR\FM\09MYN1.SGM 09MYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 16-2006]


Foreign-Trade Zone 202 Los Angeles, California, Application for 
Subzone, Sony Electronics, Inc., (Audio, Video, Communications and 
Information Technology Products and Accessories), Los Angeles, Carson 
and Lynwood, California

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los 
Angeles, grantee of FTZ 202, requesting special-purpose subzone status 
for the warehousing and distribution facilities of Sony Electronics, 
Inc. (Sony), located in Los Angeles, Carson and Lynwood, California. 
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 28, 2006.
    The Sony facilities (250 employees) consist of five sites on 65 
acres: Site 1 (21.5 acres) is located at 2201 East Carson St., Carson; 
Site 2 (20.1 acres) is located at 1651 E. Glenn Curtiss St., Carson; 
Site 3 (1 acre) is located at 6041 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles; 
Site 4 (7 acres) is located at 1071 E. 233rd St., Carson; and Site 5 
(15 acres) is located at 2700 E. Imperial Highway, Lynwood. The 
facilities are used for the storage, distribution, packaging, kitting, 
inspecting, testing and repair of audio, video, communications and 
information technology products and accessories.
    Zone procedures would exempt Sony from customs duty payments on 
products that are re-exported. Some 5 percent of the products are re-
exported. On its domestic sales, the company would be able to defer 
duty payments until merchandise is shipped from the facilities and 
entered for consumption. FTZ designation would further allow Sony to 
utilize certain customs procedures resulting in increased efficiencies 
for its logistics and distribution operations. In addition, Sony is 
requesting authority to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to digital camera and camcorder kits (HTS 
8525.40, duty

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rate ranges from duty-free to 2.1%) for the following imported 
components: memory sticks, digital still cameras, digital camcorders, 
rechargeable battery packs and soft carrying cases (HTS 4202.91, 
8507.80, 8523.90, 8525.40, duty rate ranges from duty-free to 4.5%). 
The company has also indicated that it will import soft carrying cases 
(HTS 4202.92, duty rate 17.6%), but that they will be admitted to the 
zone in privileged foreign status. The request indicates that the 
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the plants' 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report 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 
July 10, 2006. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 24, 2006.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 444 South Flower 
Street, 34th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 28, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-7043 Filed 5-8-06; 8:45 am]
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