[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26778]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 45-98]
Foreign-Trade Zone 170--Clark County, Indiana; Application for
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, Lexmark International, Inc. (Computer
Printers and Related Products), Seymour, Indiana
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Indiana Port Commission, grantee of FTZ 170,
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the computer printer
distribution and assembly facilities of Lexmark International, Inc.
(Lexmark), located in Seymour, Indiana. The application was submitted
pursuant to 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 September 28, 1998.
The Lexmark facility (1 bldg./588,00 square feet plus 266,500 sq.
ft. expansion and a planned new 250,000 sq.ft. bldg. on 61.2 acres) is
located at 1510 East Fourth Street in Seymour, Indiana (Jackson
County), some 50 miles south of Indianapolis. The facility (200
employees) which began operations in June 1998 is used for the storage
and distribution for import and export of computer printers,
typewriters, and related supplies and some final stage assembly of
computer printer products. The facility will be used for the
distribution of most products manufactured at Lexmark's plant located
at FTZ Subzone 29D in Lexington, Kentucky. In the future, the Indiana
facility may also be used for full-scale manufacture of computer
printers and subassemblies, typewriters and related products. A number
of components may be purchased from abroad (an estimated 25-50% of
value for some manufactured products), including ink and toner
chemicals, plastic materials, sensors, printed circuit boards,
capacitors, resistors, switches, fuses, relays, LEDs, fasteners and
springs, electric motors, indicator panels, magnets, batteries,
typewriter ribbons, ink cartridges, toner cartridges, power suppliers,
cables, power cords, unfinished printers, printer parts, scanners,
copiers, labels, plastic carrying cases, labels, printed materials, and
packaging materials (1997 duty range: free-20%, with most ranging from
duty-free to 6.9%).
Zone procedures would exempt Lexmark from Customs duty payments on
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales,
Lexmark would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the
finished products (free-0.5%, mostly duty-free) for the foreign
components noted above. 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 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 December 7, 1998. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to December 21, 1998.
A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 11405 N.
Pennsylvania St., Suite 106, Carmel, Indiana 46032
Dated: September 29, 1998.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26778 Filed 10-5-98; 8:45 am]
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