[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 132 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 37498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 35-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Charleston, SC; Application for Foreign-
Trade Subzone Status, Fuji Photo Film, Inc. (Imaging and Information 
Products) Greenwood, SC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 
38, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and 
distribution facilities (imaging and information products) of Fuji 
Photo Film, Inc. (Fuji), located in Greenwood, South Carolina. 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 June 28, 1999.
    Fuji's Greenwood, South Carolina complex (488 acres, 2.0 million 
sq. ft.) is comprised of seven facilities: Facility 1 (350,000 sq. 
ft.)--Distribution Center, located at 921 Highway 246 South; Facility 2 
(120,000 sq. ft.)--Graphic Arts Film Finishing Facility, located at 201 
Pucketts Ferry Road; Facility 3 (210,000 sq. ft.)--Pre-sensitized 
Offset Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility, located at 211 Pucketts 
Ferry Road; Facility 4 (300,000 sq. ft.)--Videotape and Computer Back-
up Tape Manufacturing Facility, located at 311 Pucketts Ferry Road; 
Facility 5 (200,000 sq. ft.)--One-time-use Camera Manufacturing 
Facility, located at 401 Pucketts Ferry Road; Facility 6 (500,000 sq. 
ft.)--Color Photographic Paper and Color Negative Film Manufacturing 
Facility, located at 401 Pucketts Ferry Road; and Facility 7 (250,000 
sq. ft.)--35mm Film Finishing Factory, located at 123 Spray Shed Road.
    The facilities (1,250 employees) are used for the manufacture and 
distribution of imaging and information products (graphic arts film; 
pre-sensitized offset printing plates; blank videotapes and computer 
back-up tape; one-time-use cameras; and color negative photographic 
paper and film). Some of the components used in the manufacturing 
process are purchased from abroad (ranging from 8 to 75 percent of 
finished product value, depending on the product), with average U.S. 
value added for the Greenwood facilities estimated at 60 to 70 percent 
of the finished products' value. The foreign components which Fuji 
proposes to import under subzone procedures include chemicals (e.g., 
titanium oxide; methanol; alkylphenonl; glycol ether; di-n-butyl 
phthalate; tricarboxylated benzene; hydroxyalkyl benzoate; 
phenylphosphonic acid; axon dye; basic blue dye; oil/water emulsion) 
and other components (e.g., bulk photographic film; packaging 
materials; one-time-use camera components) used in the production of 
Fuji's imaging and information products (current duty rates on these 
items range from duty-free to 13.2 percent).
    Zone procedures would exempt Fuji from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Fuji would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the 
finished products (duty-free to 6.5 percent) for the foreign inputs 
noted above. Fuji would be able to avoid duty on foreign inputs which 
become scrap/waste (savings on scrap/waste are estimated to comprise 
less than 15 percent of overall anticipated subzone savings). FTZ 
status may also make a site eligible for benefits provided under state/
local programs. 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 September 10, 1999. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to September 27, 1999.
    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, Park Central 
Office Park, Building 1, Suite 109, 555 N. Pleasantburg Drive, 
Greenville, SC 29607

    Dated: June 30, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-17641 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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