[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19608]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 38-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, Indiana; Application for 
Subzone; SMC Pneumatics, Inc.; (Pneumatic Automation Products); 
Indianapolis, 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 manufacturing and 
warehousing facilities of SMC Pneumatics, Inc. (SMC), located in 
Indianapolis, 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 July 16, 1999.
    SMC Pneumatics, Inc. has one site with 391 employees in 
Indianapolis, Indiana. The site (18.6 acres) is located at 3011 N. 
Franklin Road in Indianapolis, Indiana. The SMC plant is used for the 
manufacturing, processing, packaging and distributing of pneumatic 
automation products and components (primarily HTS 8412, 8413, 8481 and 
9026, duty rate ranges from duty-free to 5.3%). Components and 
materials sourced from abroad (representing about 95% of all parts 
consumed in manufacturing) include: screws, bolts, engine and motor 
parts, centrifuges, valves, bearings, electromagnets, insulated cables, 
and gauges (HTS 7318, 8412, 8421, 8481, 8482, 8505, 8544, 9026, duty 
rate ranges from duty-free to 9.9%). Some 2.3 percent of the plant's 
shipments are exported. FTZ procedures would exempt SMC from Customs 
duty payments on the foreign components used in export production. On 
its domestic sales, SMC would be able to choose the duty rates during 
Customs entry procedures that apply to finished pneumatic automation 
products (duty free to 5.3%) for the foreign inputs noted above. The 
request indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help 
improve the plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed examiner to investigate the application and 
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application 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 September 28, 1999. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period (to October 13, 1999).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Customs Port of Entry--Indianapolis, Arms Comb Bldg #3, Rm. 30, 
Indianapolis, In 46251
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
3716, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230

    Dated: July 21, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-19608 Filed 7-29-99; 8:45 am]
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