[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45399-45400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 64-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, IN; Application for Subzone 
Status, Fujitsu Ten Corporation of America Plant (Automotive Audio 
Products and Electronic Components), Rushville, IN

    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 automotive audio 
products and electronic components manufacturing plant of Fujitsu Ten 
Corporation of America (FTCA), located in Rushville, Indiana. 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 August 19, 1996.
    The FTCA plant (95,000 sq.ft. On 32 acres) is located at 616 Conrad 
Harcourt Way in Rushville (Rush County), Indiana, some 40 miles east of 
Indianapolis. The plant (354 employees) is used to produce (1) 
automotive audio products, including electronic tuning

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AM/FM radios, AM/FM radio/cassette units, cassette deck units, power 
amplifiers, and front end AM/FM receiver modules; and (2) automotive 
electronic components, including relay integration modules (i.e., 
warning indicators, light dimmers) and security systems with remote 
keyless entry, for the U.S. market and export. As part of this 
application, FTZ authority is also being requested for other automotive 
electronic components which may be manufactured in the future, 
including air bag controllers, speed control systems, fuel injection 
systems, seat controls, anti-lock brake units, automatic windshield 
wipers, heated seat modules, indicator sensors, and vehicle navigation 
systems. The production process involves assembly, testing, and 
warehousing. Components purchased from abroad (about 76% of total unit 
material value) include: self-adhesive plastic plates/foil/film, 
labels, copper and steel fasteners, steel springs, other articles of 
copper, flywheels and pulleys, electric motors, electronic parts 
(transformers, inductors, capacitors, resistors, diodes, transistors, 
LED's, insulators), liquid crystal displays, integrated circuits, PC 
boards, electrical switches, other electrical and audio parts (duty 
rate range: free--12.5%, 40 cents/unit, 7 cents/kg ). The application 
indicates that 26 percent of all components (by value) will be 
purchased from U.S. suppliers within three years after approval of 
subzone status.
    FTZ procedures would exempt FTCA from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in the export production (11% of total 
shipments). On its domestic sales, the company would be able to choose 
the duty rates that apply to finished automotive audio products and 
automotive electronic components (duty free--8.5%) for the foreign 
inputs noted above. The motor vehicle duty rate (2.5%) could apply to 
the finished audio and electronic products that are shipped to U.S. 
motor vehicle assembly plants with subzone status for inclusion into 
finished motor vehicles under FTZ procedures. Under the FTZ Act, 
certain merchandise in FTZ status is exempt from ad valorem inventory-
type taxes. The application indicates that subzone status 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 on the application is invited from interested 
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to 
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing 
period for their receipt is October 28, 1996. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to November 12, 1996).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Export Assistance Center, Penwood One, Suite 106, 11405 N. 
Pennsylvania Street, Carmel, IN 46032
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002

    Dated: August 19, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-22124 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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