[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67843-67844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31419]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 62-99]


Foreign-Trade Zone 174--Tucson, AZ; Application for Subzone, 
Imation Enterprises Corporation, Tucson, AZ

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Tucson, grantee of FTZ 174, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing facilities (data 
storage products) of Imation Enterprises Corporation (Imation), located 
in Tucson, Arizona. The application was submitted pursuant

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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 November 24, 1999.
    The Imation plant (73 acres) is located at 8500 S. Rita Road, 
Tucson, Arizona. The Imation facilities are used for the manufacturing, 
testing, packaging and warehousing of magnetic data storage tapes (HTS 
8523.13, duty free). Components and materials sourced from abroad 
(representing 48-52% of all parts consumed in manufacturing) include: 
carbon black, iron oxides, polypropylene, polystyrene and polycarbonate 
resin, acrylic polymers, articles of plastic and paper, and stainless 
steel tape guides (HTS 2803, 2821, 3902, 3903, 3907, 3920, 3923, 2926, 
4807, 4811, 4819, 4821, 4823, 7320 and 7326.90 duty rate ranges from 
duty free to 10.2%). The application also indicates that the company 
may in the future import under FTZ procedures other materials used in 
the production of data storage products.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Imation from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 50 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Imation 
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures 
that apply to finished data storage products (duty free) for the 
foreign inputs noted above. Also, Imation has submitted applications 
for subzone status at three additional locations, and products shipped 
to facilities with subzone status could be further processed while 
remaining in zone status. 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 February 1, 2000. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to February 16, 2000).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, Export Assistance Center, 166 West 
Alameda, Tucson, AZ 85726
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: November 24, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-31419 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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