Foreign-Trade Zone 161 - Wichita, Kansas, Expansion of Subzone and Scope of Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 161A, Hospira, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products), McPherson, Kansas, 50326-50327 [E7-17331]
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satisfied because the applicant did not
provide information requested by the
Board;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby does
not approve the application for subzone
status at the office and consumer
electronics/home products/solar panels
warehousing and distribution facility of
Sharp Electronics Corporation, located
in Huntington Beach, California.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd
day of August 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman Foreign–
Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–17328 Filed 8–30–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Docket 42–2007
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Foreign–Trade Zone 107 - Des Moines,
Iowa, Application for Subzone Status,
SPAL USA, Inc., (Vehicle Parts
Distribution and Processing), Ankeny,
Iowa
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Iowa Foreign–Trade Zone
Corporation, grantee of FTZ 107,
requesting special–purpose subzone
status for the vehicle parts distribution
and processing (kitting) facility of SPAL
USA, Inc. (SPAL), located in Ankeny,
Iowa. The application was submitted
pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
Part 400). It was formally filed on
August 23, 2007.
The SPAL facility (28 employees, 5.5
acres) is located at 1731 SE Oralabor
Road (1 building, 5.5 acres, 36,000 sq.
ft.) in Ankeny, Iowa. The facility is used
for the warehousing, distribution, repair
and possible processing (i.e., kitting) of
foreign–origin and domestic vehicle
parts and equipment for the U.S. market
and export. FTZ procedures would be
utilized to support SPAL’s Iowa–based
distribution activity that competes with
facilities located abroad.
Finished vehicle parts to be admitted
to the proposed subzone for distribution
and processing would include circuit
connectors, motorized linear actuators,
motor assemblies, door cutters, power
door lock kits/window kits, radio
remote control apparatus, switches/
switch kits and accessories, screws,
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wire, trade advertising material, control
valve pressure sensors, and automotive
fans and blowers (duty rates range:
duty–free to 6.2%).
SPAL could also conduct certain
kitting operations under FTZ
procedures in the future (e.g., combine
foreign–origin fans and blowers with a
domestic harness and combine foreign
circuit connectors with a domestic
harness). Kitting would be limited to
foreign components included in the list
of finished vehicle parts in the
preceding paragraph.
FTZ procedures would exempt SPAL
from Customs duty payments on foreign
products that are re–exported. Some ten
percent of the plant’s shipments are
exported. On domestic sales, the
company would be able to defer
payments until merchandise is shipped
from the facility and entered for U.S.
consumption. For its processing
activity, SPAL would be able to elect the
duty rate that applies to finished
products for the foreign–sourced inputs
noted above. SPAL also plans to realize
logistical benefits through the use of
weekly entry procedures. The
application indicates that all of the
above–cited savings from FTZ
procedures would help 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 on the application 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 October 30, 2007. Rebuttal
comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period
may be submitted during the subsequent
15-day period to November 14, 2007.
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,
210 Walnut Street, Suite 749, Des
Moines, Iowa 50309; and, the Office of
the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade
Zones Board, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Room 2111, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Kathleen Boyce at (202) 482–1346 or
KathleenlBoyce@ita.doc.gov.
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Dated: August 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–17333 Filed 8–30–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
Docket 41–2007
Foreign–Trade Zone 161 - Wichita,
Kansas, Expansion of Subzone and
Scope of Manufacturing Authority,
Subzone 161A, Hospira, Inc.
(Pharmaceutical Products),
McPherson, Kansas
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ) Board
(the Board) by the Board of County
Commissioners of Sedgwick, Kansas,
grantee of FTZ 161, requesting to
expand the subzone and scope of
manufacturing authority under zone
procedures for Subzone 161A, at the
Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) facility in
McPherson, Kansas. It was formally
filed on August 23, 2007.
Subzone 161A was approved by the
Board in 1994 at Hospira’s plant (2
buildings totaling 265,000 square feet,
72% of which is devoted to
manufacturing, on 160 acres) located at
1776 North Centennial Drive, in
McPherson, Kansas. The facility (775
employees) is used to produce and/or
distribute a wide range of
pharmaceuticals (Board Order 699, 59
FR 38431, 7/20/94).
Hospira is now requesting authority to
expand the subzone to include an
additional 301,310 square feet at the
main building, located at 1776 North
Centennial Drive in McPherson, Kansas,
for the distribution and manufacture of
pharmaceutical products. The applicant
is also requesting authority to add
rubber stoppers (HTSUS 4016.99.1500)
to its scope of manufacturing authority.
Hospira’s scope also includes a broad
range of inputs and pharmaceutical final
products that it may produce under FTZ
procedures in the future. (New major
activity in these inputs/products would
require review by the FTZ Board.) The
duty rates for these inputs and final
products range from duty–free to 17.6
percent.
Zone procedures would exempt
Hospira from Customs duty payments
on foreign materials used in production
for export (some 10–15% of shipments).
On domestic shipments, the company
would be able to defer Customs duty
payments on foreign materials, and to
choose the duty rate that applies to the
finished products (duty–free to 5%)
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instead of the rates otherwise applicable
to the foreign input materials (duty–free
to 17.6%). McPherson also expects to
realize additional savings through the
use of weekly entry procedures. 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 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 October 30, 2007.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to November
14, 2007.)
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,
150 N. Main Street, Suite 200, Wichita,
Kansas 67202–1305 and the Office of
the Executive Secretary, Foreign–Trade
Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Kathleen Boyce at 202–482–1346 or
KathleenlBoyce@ita.doc.gov.
entry (FTZ Docket 2–2007, filed 1/22/
2007);
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (72 FR 6200, 2/9/2007) and the
application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to reorganize FTZ 181
- Site 2 is approved, subject to the Act
and the Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.28, and further subject to
the Board’s standard 2,000-acre
activation limit for the overall general–
purpose zone project, and a sunset
provision that would terminate
authority on December 31, 2012 for any
of the additional parcels at Site 2, where
no activity has occurred under FTZ
procedures before that date.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
August 2007.
David M Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman,
Foreign–Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–17364 Filed 8–30–07; 8:45 am]
Dated: August 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–17331 Filed 8–30;–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Order No. 1520]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Designation Of New Grantee For
Foreign–Trade Zone 147, Reading,
Pennsylvania Area Resolution And
Order
Foreign–Trade Zones Board
Order No. 1522
Reorganization of Foreign–Trade Zone
181–Site 2, Trumbull and Mahoning
Counties, Ohio
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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 Northeast Ohio Trade &
Economic Consortium, grantee of
Foreign–Trade Zone No. 181, submitted
an application to the Board for authority
to reorganize FTZ 181–Site 2, in
Trumbull and Mahoning Counties,
Ohio, within the Cleveland Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) port of
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Pursuant to its authority under the
Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18,
1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
and the Foreign–Trade Zones Board
Regulations (15 CFR Part 400), the
Foreign–Trade Zones Board (the Board)
adopts the following Order:
The Foreign–Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) has considered
the application (filed 12/15/2006)
submitted by the Foreign Trade
Zone Corporation of Southeastern
Pennsylvania, grantee of FTZ 147,
Reading, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, requesting reissuance
of the grant of authority for said
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zone to the FTZ Corp of Southern
Pennsylvania, a non–profit
organization, which has accepted
such reissuance subject to approval
by the FTZ Board. Upon review, the
Board finds that the requirements of
the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations are satisfied, and that
the proposal is in the public
interest.
Therefore, the Board approves the
application and recognizes the FTZ
Corp of Southern Pennsylvania as
the new grantee of Foreign Trade
Zone 147, subject to the FTZ Act
and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.28.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 23rd
day of August 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import
Administration, Alternate Chairman Foreign–
Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7–17347 Filed 8–30–07; 8:45 am]
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Equipment Technical Advisory
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2007, 9 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover
Building, Room 3884, 14th Street
between Constitution & Pennsylvania
Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The
Committee advises the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Export
Administration with respect to technical
questions that affect the level of export
controls applicable to transportation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Docket 41-2007
Foreign-Trade Zone 161 - Wichita, Kansas, Expansion of Subzone
and Scope of Manufacturing Authority, Subzone 161A, Hospira, Inc.
(Pharmaceutical Products), McPherson, Kansas
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board (the Board) by the Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick,
Kansas, grantee of FTZ 161, requesting to expand the subzone and scope
of manufacturing authority under zone procedures for Subzone 161A, at
the Hospira, Inc. (Hospira) facility in McPherson, Kansas. It was
formally filed on August 23, 2007.
Subzone 161A was approved by the Board in 1994 at Hospira's plant
(2 buildings totaling 265,000 square feet, 72[percnt] of which is
devoted to manufacturing, on 160 acres) located at 1776 North
Centennial Drive, in McPherson, Kansas. The facility (775 employees) is
used to produce and/or distribute a wide range of pharmaceuticals
(Board Order 699, 59 FR 38431, 7/20/94).
Hospira is now requesting authority to expand the subzone to
include an additional 301,310 square feet at the main building, located
at 1776 North Centennial Drive in McPherson, Kansas, for the
distribution and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. The applicant
is also requesting authority to add rubber stoppers (HTSUS
4016.99.1500) to its scope of manufacturing authority. Hospira's scope
also includes a broad range of inputs and pharmaceutical final products
that it may produce under FTZ procedures in the future. (New major
activity in these inputs/products would require review by the FTZ
Board.) The duty rates for these inputs and final products range from
duty-free to 17.6 percent.
Zone procedures would exempt Hospira from Customs duty payments on
foreign materials used in production for export (some 10-15[percnt] of
shipments). On domestic shipments, the company would be able to defer
Customs duty payments on foreign materials, and to choose the duty rate
that applies to the finished products (duty-free to 5[percnt])
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instead of the rates otherwise applicable to the foreign input
materials (duty-free to 17.6[percnt]). McPherson also expects to
realize additional savings through the use of weekly entry procedures.
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 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
October 30, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to November 14, 2007.)
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, 150 N. Main
Street, Suite 200, Wichita, Kansas 67202-1305 and the Office of the
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230.
For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at 202-482-1346 or
Kathleen--Boyce@ita.doc.gov.
Dated: August 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-17331 Filed 8-30;-07; 8:45 am]
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