Foreign-Trade Zone 86-Tacoma, WA, Request for Manufacturing, Authority (Home Theater System Kits), 69203 [E6-20292]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 230 / Thursday, November 30, 2006 / Notices
Dated: November 21, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–20290 Filed 11–29–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45–2006]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 86—Tacoma, WA,
Request for Manufacturing, Authority
(Home Theater System Kits)
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Port of Tacoma
(Washington), grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone (FTZ) 86, requesting authority on
behalf of Panasonic Consumer
Electronics Co. (PCEC) and its
warehouse/FTZ operator, Norvanco
International Inc. (Norvanco), for the
manufacture (kitting) of home theater
systems under FTZ procedures.
(Norvanco/PCEC has already been
approved for this activity through
November 2008 under FTZ temporary/
interim manufacturing procedures.) 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 November 8, 2006.
Norvanco operates a facility (100
employees) in Sumner, Washington,
within Site 6 of FTZ 86, that will be
used for the kitting of home theater
systems (HTSUS 8527.31). The finished
products would enter the United States
duty free. Imported components/inputs
that may be admitted under FTZ
procedures are subwoofers (HTSUS
8518.21) and speaker boxes (HTSUS
8518.22). Since submission of the
application to the FTZ Board, the
applicant has clarified that it is not
seeking authority for a third listed
input—packing materials—to be
admitted to the FTZ other than as
ancillary to the other listed components.
Duty rates on the two proposed
imported components are currently 4.9
percent ad valorem.
This application requests authority for
Norvanco to conduct the kitting activity
under FTZ procedures on behalf of
PCEC, which would allow the company
to choose the duty rate that applies to
the finished product for the foreign
components noted above. Norvanco/
PCEC also anticipates realizing logistical
savings. The application indicates that
the proposed kitting activity is currently
performed abroad and that FTZ-related
savings would enable the shifting of that
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activity to Norvanco’s Washington
facility, thereby helping to improve the
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 listed below. The closing period
for their receipt is January 29, 2007.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the forgoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to February
13, 2007).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
for public inspection at each of the
following locations: The Seattle U.S.
Export Assistance Center, 2601 Fourth
Avenue, Suite 320, Seattle, WA 98121;
and Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room
2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A–570–846
Brake Rotors From the People’s
Republic of China: Initiation of New
Shipper Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 30, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(the ‘‘Department’’) received a timely
request to conduct a new shipper review
of the antidumping duty order on brake
rotors from the People’s Republic of
China (‘‘PRC’’). In accordance with 19
CFR 351.214(d)(1), we are initiating a
review for Longkou Qizheng Auto Parts
Co., Ltd. (‘‘Qizheng’’).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frances Veith or Blanche Ziv, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 8, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4295 and (202)
482–4207, respectively.
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The
Department received a timely request
from Qizheng on October 31, 2006,
pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the
Act’’), and in accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(c), for a new shipper review of
the antidumping duty order on brake
rotors from the PRC. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order: Brake Rotors
from the People’s Republic of China, 62
FR 18740 (April 17, 1997).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i),
19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iii)(A), and 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B), in its request for a
new shipper review, Qizheng certified
that as a producing exporter it did not
export brake rotors to the United States
during the period of investigation
(‘‘POI’’); that since the initiation of the
investigation it has never been affiliated
with any company that exported subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POI; and that its export activities
were not controlled by the central
government of the PRC.
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.214(b)(2)(iv), Qizheng submitted
documentation establishing the
following: (1) the date on which it first
shipped brake rotors for export to the
United States; (2) the volume of its first
shipment; and (3) the date of its first
sale to an unaffiliated customer in the
United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Initiation of New Shipper Review
In accordance with section
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.214(d)(1), and based on information
on the record, we find that Qizheng’s
request meets the initiation threshold
requirements and we are initiating a
new shipper review for shipments of
brake rotors produced and exported by
Qizheng. See Memorandum to the File
through Wendy J. Frankel, Director,
New Shipper Initiation Checklist, dated,
November 22, 2006. The Department
will conduct this new shipper review
according to the deadlines set forth in
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.214(g)(1)(i)(B), the period of review
(‘‘POR’’) for a new shipper review,
normally initiated in the month
immediately following the semiannual
anniversary month, will be the sixmonth period immediately preceding
the semiannual anniversary month.
Therefore, the POR for the new shipper
review of Qizheng will be April 1, 2006,
through September 30, 2006.
Pursuant to the Department’s
regulations, in cases involving non–
market economies, the Department
requires that a company seeking to
establish eligibility for an antidumping
duty rate separate from the country–
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45-2006]
Foreign-Trade Zone 86--Tacoma, WA, Request for Manufacturing,
Authority (Home Theater System Kits)
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port of Tacoma (Washington), grantee of Foreign-
Trade Zone (FTZ) 86, requesting authority on behalf of Panasonic
Consumer Electronics Co. (PCEC) and its warehouse/FTZ operator,
Norvanco International Inc. (Norvanco), for the manufacture (kitting)
of home theater systems under FTZ procedures. (Norvanco/PCEC has
already been approved for this activity through November 2008 under FTZ
temporary/interim manufacturing procedures.) 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 November 8, 2006.
Norvanco operates a facility (100 employees) in Sumner, Washington,
within Site 6 of FTZ 86, that will be used for the kitting of home
theater systems (HTSUS 8527.31). The finished products would enter the
United States duty free. Imported components/inputs that may be
admitted under FTZ procedures are subwoofers (HTSUS 8518.21) and
speaker boxes (HTSUS 8518.22). Since submission of the application to
the FTZ Board, the applicant has clarified that it is not seeking
authority for a third listed input--packing materials--to be admitted
to the FTZ other than as ancillary to the other listed components. Duty
rates on the two proposed imported components are currently 4.9 percent
ad valorem.
This application requests authority for Norvanco to conduct the
kitting activity under FTZ procedures on behalf of PCEC, which would
allow the company to choose the duty rate that applies to the finished
product for the foreign components noted above. Norvanco/PCEC also
anticipates realizing logistical savings. The application indicates
that the proposed kitting activity is currently performed abroad and
that FTZ-related savings would enable the shifting of that activity to
Norvanco's Washington facility, thereby helping to improve the
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 listed below. The closing period for their
receipt is January 29, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the forgoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to February 13, 2007).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: The
Seattle U.S. Export Assistance Center, 2601 Fourth Avenue, Suite 320,
Seattle, WA 98121; and Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade
Zones Board, Room 2814B, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: November 21, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-20292 Filed 11-29-06; 8:45 am]
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