[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14126-14127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5918]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 14-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 126--Sparks, Nevada Application for Subzone 
Taiyo America, Inc. (Electronic Chemicals) Carson City, NV

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, 
grantee of FTZ 126, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
manufacturing and warehousing facilities of Taiyo America, Inc. 
(Taiyo), located in Carson City, Nevada. 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 March 2, 2001.
    The Taiyo facility (38 employees, 4.2 acres) is located at 2675 
Antler Drive, Carson City, Nevada. The Taiyo facility is used for the 
manufacturing, testing, packaging and warehousing of solder mask (HTS 
3208.90 and 3215.90, duty rate ranges from 1.8% to 3.2%), which is used 
in the production of printed circuit boards. Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing about 50% of all parts consumed in 
manufacturing) include: quartz, bentonite clay, natural steatite, 
barium sulfates, calcium carbonates, ketones and quinones, esters of 
acrylic acid, acyclic polyamines, dicyandiamide, aromatic sulphur 
compound, ethylene thiourea, melamine, carbon, phenothiazine, acrylic 
polymers, epoxy resins, and silicones (HTS 2506, 2508, 2526, 2811, 
2833, 2836, 2914, 2916, 2921, 2926, 2930, 2933, 2934, 3802, 3906, 3907, 
3909 and 3910, duty rate ranges from duty free to 9.4%+$.11/kg).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Taiyo from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. Some 14 percent of the 
plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Taiyo would be 
able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures that 
apply to finished solder masks (1.8 -3.2%) 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.

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    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 May 8, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to May 23, 2001).
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Export Assistance Center, 1755 East Plumb Lane, Room 152, Reno, NV 
89502.
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: March 2, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-5918 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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