Foreign-Trade Zone 124-Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone, Excalibar Minerals LLC (Barite Milling), New Iberia, LA, 23394 [E9-11671]
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Dated: May 13, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
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Docket Number: 09–014. Applicant:
Miami University, 500 E. High Street,
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Intended Use: The instrument will be
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2009.
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Texas A & M University, College
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Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Czech Republic. Intended
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Columbia University, Department of
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York, NY 10032. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, the Netherlands. Intended
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macromolecules and their ligands
engaged in complex processes in the
cell, such as translation, transcription,
splicing, etc. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: No instrument of the same
general category is manufactured within
the United States. Application accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: April 24,
2009.
Dated: May 13, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement
Office.
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 21–2009]
Foreign-Trade Zone 124—Gramercy,
LA, Application for Subzone, Excalibar
Minerals LLC (Barite Milling), New
Iberia, LA
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Port of South Louisiana,
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ)
124, requesting special-purpose subzone
status for the barite milling facility of
Excalibar Minerals LLC (Excalibar),
located in New Iberia, Louisiana. The
application was submitted pursuant to
the provisions of the Foreign-Trade
Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a81u), and the regulations of the Board
(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed
on May 6, 2009.
The Excalibar facility (20 employees,
16 acres, 350,000 ton capacity for
ground barite) is located at 4602 South
Lewis Street, in New Iberia. The facility
is used for activities related to the
milling (heating, grinding, crushing),
storage and distribution of ground
barite, primarily for the U.S. market.
The material that would be purchased
from abroad (representing
approximately 75 to 85 percent of the
finished product’s value) is raw barite
(HTSUS number 2511.10), dutiable at
$1.25 per metric ton.
FTZ procedures could exempt the
company from customs duty payments
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on the foreign component used in
export production. The company
anticipates that less than 1 percent of
the plant’s shipments will be exported.
On its domestic sales, Excalibar would
be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to
the ground barite (duty-free) for the
foreign input noted above. FTZ
designation would further allow
Excalibar to realize logistical benefits
through the use of weekly customs entry
procedures, as well as savings from the
elimination of duties on materials that
become scrap/waste during
manufacturing. The application
indicates that the FTZ-related savings
would help improve the facility’s
international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board’s
regulations, Christopher Kemp of the
FTZ staff is 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 July 20, 2009.
Rebuttal comments in response to
material submitted during the foregoing
period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to August 3,
2009).
A copy of the application and
accompanying exhibits will be available
for public inspection at the Office of the
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade
Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230–0002, and in the ‘‘Reading
Room’’ section of the Board’s Web site,
which is accessible via https://
www.trade.gov/ftz. For further
information, contact Christopher Kemp
at Christopher_Kemp@ita.doc.gov or
(202) 482–0862.
Dated: May 6, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 21-2009]
Foreign-Trade Zone 124--Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone,
Excalibar Minerals LLC (Barite Milling), New Iberia, LA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port of South Louisiana, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone (FTZ) 124, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
barite milling facility of Excalibar Minerals LLC (Excalibar), located
in New Iberia, Louisiana. 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 May 6, 2009.
The Excalibar facility (20 employees, 16 acres, 350,000 ton
capacity for ground barite) is located at 4602 South Lewis Street, in
New Iberia. The facility is used for activities related to the milling
(heating, grinding, crushing), storage and distribution of ground
barite, primarily for the U.S. market. The material that would be
purchased from abroad (representing approximately 75 to 85 percent of
the finished product's value) is raw barite (HTSUS number 2511.10),
dutiable at $1.25 per metric ton.
FTZ procedures could exempt the company from customs duty payments
on the foreign component used in export production. The company
anticipates that less than 1 percent of the plant's shipments will be
exported. On its domestic sales, Excalibar would be able to choose the
duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to the ground
barite (duty-free) for the foreign input noted above. FTZ designation
would further allow Excalibar to realize logistical benefits through
the use of weekly customs entry procedures, as well as savings from the
elimination of duties on materials that become scrap/waste during
manufacturing. The application indicates that the FTZ-related savings
would help improve the facility's international competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp of the
FTZ staff is 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 July 20, 2009. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to August 3, 2009).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002, and
in the ``Reading Room'' section of the Board's Web site, which is
accessible via https://www.trade.gov/ftz. For further information,
contact Christopher Kemp at Christopher_Kemp@ita.doc.gov or (202) 482-
0862.
Dated: May 6, 2009.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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