[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44642-44643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22273]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[DOCKET 66-97]


Foreign-Trade Zone 168--Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas; Application for 
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, Ultrak, Inc.; (Closed Circuit Television 
Systems) Lewisville, Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth Maquila Trade Development 
Corporation, grantee of FTZ 168, requesting special-purpose subzone 
status for the closed circuit television system assembly facility of 
Ultrak, Inc., located in Lewisville, Texas. 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 15, 1997.
    Ultrak's facility (14 acres, 150,000 sq. ft.) is located at 1301 
Water's Ridge, Lewisville (Denton County), Texas, some 20 miles north 
of Dallas. The facility (125 employees) will be used to assemble and 
package closed circuit television (CCTV) systems and accessories, which 
are used primarily for security and observation. (Currently, the 
foreign-sourced components are classified as ``kits'' under the Customs 
entireties provision and are subject to the 5 percent monitor rate.) 
The CCTV systems can include the following

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components: cameras, monitors, time lapse video recorders, compact disc 
players, turntables, power supplies, camera housings of steel and 
aluminum, mounting equipment, positioning devices and controls, panic 
and hold up buttons, shock sensors, multiplexers, switches, processors, 
flex tubes, junction boxes, cable and packaging. Some 90 percent of the 
components are sourced abroad. Some 5-7 percent of the finished 
products are exported.
    Zone procedures would exempt Ultrak from Customs duty payments on 
foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic shipments, 
the company would be able to defer duty on the foreign-sourced 
components (duty-rates ranging between 1-5%). Foreign merchandise would 
also be exempt from state and local ad valorem taxes. The application 
indicates that the savings from zone procedures will 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 21, 1997. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period (to November 5, 1997).
    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, 2050 N. Stemmons 
Fwy., Suite 170, P.O. Box 420069, Dallas, Texas 75207
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: August 18, 1997.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22273 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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