[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44198-44199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21018]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 39-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 106--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Application for 
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status Xerox Corporation (Photocopier and Printer 
Toner and Cartridges); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, 
grantee of FTZ 106, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
photocopier and printer toner and cartridge manufacturing facilities of 
Xerox Corporation (Xerox), located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 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 August 4, 1999.
    The Xerox facility (443,000 mfg. sq. ft. on 123 acres) is located 
at 100 North Mustang Road and Route I-40, Oklahoma City (Canadian 
County), Oklahoma. The facility (400 employees) produces bulk and 
packaged toner and toner cartridges for photocopiers and printers. The 
plant also produces photoreceptors, developers and binder tape for 
photocopiers, but is not requesting to produce them under zone 
procedures at this time. Foreign-sourced materials will account for, on 
average, 14 percent of product value, and include the items listed 
below:

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                                                                                                      Duty rate
                   Material                               HTSUS category              HTSUS No.       (percent)
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SMT5103.......................................  Pigment preparations.............     3206.11.0000          6.0
NA50 SH Additive..............................  Other silicon dioxide............     2811.22.5000      (\1\)
T77W..........................................  Polypropylene polymers...........     3902.10.0000         10.10
Bontron P-51..................................  Quaternary ammonium, other.......     2923.90.0000          6.2
Wax 660P......................................  Styrene polymers.................     3902.10.0000          7.0
P200 Wax......................................  Polypropylene polymers...........     3902.10.0000         10.10
800P Wax......................................  Polyethylene, GRV  .94     3901.20.0000         10.10
T102STT127....................................  Titanium oxides..................     2823.00.0000          5.6
TRH-SD CCA....................................  Polypropylene polymers...........     3902.10.0000         10.10
CEO2 Additive.................................  Cerium compounds.................     2846.10.0000          5.8
Various bulk toners, XP303 Resin, XP767,        Chemical preps for Photographic       3707.90.3290          6.5
 Resapol HT.                                     uses.
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    The final products are listed below:

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                                                              Duty rate
                  Product                      HTSUS No.      (percent)
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Copier and Printer Bulk Toner.............     3707.90.3290          6.5
Copier and Printer Toner Resin............     3707.90.3290          6.5

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Copier Toner Cartridges...................     9009.90.7090        (\1\)
Printer Toner Cartridges..................     8473.30.9000       (\1\)
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\1\ Free.

    Zone procedures would exempt Xerox from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production (some 5-25% of 
production). On its domestic sales, Xerox would be able to choose the 
lower duty rate (duty free or 6.5%) that applies to the finished 
products for the foreign components noted above (duty free-10.1%, with 
a weighted average duty rate of 7.8%). FTZ procedures will also help 
Xerox implement a more cost-effective system for handling Customs 
requirements (including weekly entry filings, reduced brokerage fees 
and Customs merchandise processing fees). 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 October 12, 1999. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 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, 301 Northwest 
63rd Street, Suite 330, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116

    Dated: August 4, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21018 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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