[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 56567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27834]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 67-95]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, Indiana Application for 
Subzone; Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ 72, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the warehouse/
distribution facilities of Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. 
(Thomson), in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. 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 October 31, 1995.
    Thomson is a subsidiary of Thomson, S.A., one of the world's 
largest manufacturers and marketers of consumer electronics products. 
Its U.S. headquarters is located in Indianapolis. Thomson (U.S.) 
employs 6,900 people, and its total sales exceeded $4.5 billion in 
1994.
    The proposal calls for subzone status at 4 Thomson facilities in 
Indiana: Site 1 (52 acres)--export distribution facility, 710 South 
Girls School Road, Indianapolis; Site 2 (189 acres)--television 
distribution facility, 1300 South Rogers Street, Bloomington; Site 3 
(30 acres)--cathode ray tube storage facility for color TV tube 
manufacturing plant, 1001 East 38th Street, Marion; and, Site 4 (7 
acres)--TV tube warehouse, 1908 Stout Field West Drive, Indianapolis. 
The facilities (270 employees) are used to warehouse and distribute a 
variety of consumer electronic products including: televisions, VCRs, 
picture tubes, audio equipment, and telecommunication products. No 
requests for manufacturing authority are being made at this time. Some 
6 percent of the products shipped from the plant are exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt Thomson from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign items that are reexported. On domestic sales, it would be 
able to defer Customs duty payments until the items are shipped from 
the facilities. The application indicates that the zone savings would 
help improve the facilities' 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 
January 8, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to January 23, 1996).
    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 District Office, Penwood One, Suite 106, 
11405 N. Pennsylvania St., Carmel, Ind. 46032.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: November 2, 1995.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-27834 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]
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