[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 21739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10859]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 17-2001]


Foreign-Trade Zone 138--Columbus, OH; Application for Subzone 
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. (Chemical Products) 
Circleville, OH

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Rickenbacker Port Authority, grantee of FTZ 138, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and 
warehousing facilities of E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc. 
(DuPont), located in Circleville, Ohio. 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 April 23, 2001.
    DuPont has two sites with 320 employees in Pickaway County, Ohio. 
Site 1 (750 acres) is located at U.S. Route 23 and DuPont Road, 
Circleville, Ohio. Site 2 (193,000 square feet) is located at 2300 
Owens Road, Circleville, Ohio. The DuPont facility is used for the 
manufacturing, testing, packaging and warehousing of Kapton 
polyimide films (HTS 3920.99.22, duty rate 4.2%), which are used in 
miniaturized electronic components, microprocessor chip carriers and 
high speed locomotive motors. Components and materials sourced from 
abroad (representing about 73% of all parts consumed in manufacturing) 
include: 4-4'-oxydianiline (ODA); 3,4,3',4' biphenyl tetracarboxylic 
dianhydride (BPDA); pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA); benemine, 4,4'-
(1,3-phenylenebis (oxy)) bis (RODA); and 4,4'-oxydiphthalic anhydride 
(ODPA) (HTS 2922.29.80, 2917.39.30, 2917.39.70, 2922.29.29, and 
2917.39.30, duty rate ranges from 6.5% to 10.6%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt DuPont from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 35 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, DuPont would 
be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures that 
apply to finished polyimide film (4.2%) 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.
    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 July 2, 2001. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period (to July 16, 2001).
    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, Two Nationwide 
Plaza, Suite 1400, Columbus, OH 43215.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 
4008, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 23, 2001.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-10859 Filed 4-30-01; 8:45 am]
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