[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 22-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 21--Charleston, SC, Request for Removal of 
Board Order Restriction Hubner Manufacturing Corporation (Industrial 
Bellows/Molded Parts)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SCSPA), 
grantee of FTZ 21, requesting authority, on behalf of Hubner 
Manufacturing Corporation (HMC), to extend its authority to manufacture 
industrial bellows and plastic/rubber molded parts under FTZ 
procedures, subject to restriction. It was formally filed on May 12, 
1999.
    Board Order 828 (61 FR 33094, 6-26-96) was granted authority for 
the manufacture of textile/rubber industrial bellows and plastic/rubber 
molded parts under FTZ procedures, subject to restrictions (1) 
requiring that privileged foreign status shall be elected on all 
foreign-origin merchandise admitted to FTZ 21 for the HMC operation; 
and, (2) limiting initial approval to a period of three years from the 
date of activation of FTZ procedures (ending August 7, 1999) at the HMC 
plant, subject to extension. SCSPA is now requesting that the 
manufacturing authority for HMC be extended on a permanent basis by 
removing Restriction No. 2. Foreign-sourced components used in HMC's 
manufacturing include: rubberized fabric, trimming bands, articulation/
electronic/hydraulic parts, aluminum profiles, treat plate and 
kinematic systems, plastic resins, and rubber compounds (about 40% of 
finished product value).
    FTZ procedures exempt HMC from Customs duty payments on the foreign 
components used in export production. On its domestic sales, the 
company is able to defer duty payments on the foreign components noted 
above until the finished bellows and molded parts are processed for 
Customs entry. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures will continue to help improve the facility'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 July 23, 1999. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to August 9, 1999.
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the following location:
    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: May 12, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-13068 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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