[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 32 (Friday, February 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7130-7131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3807]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 14-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 153--San Diego, California; Application for 
Subzone; DNP Electronics America, LLC (Projection Television Screens) 
Chula Vista, California

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of San Diego, grantee of FTZ 153, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and warehousing 
facilities of DNP Electronics America, LLC (DNP), located in Chula 
Vista, California. 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 February 8, 2002.
    The DNP facility (5.4 acres, 80 employees), is located at 2391 
Fenton Street, Chula Vista, California. The facility will initially be 
used for the manufacturing and warehousing of projection television 
screens (HTS 9010.60.00, duty rate 2.6%). Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing 100% of all parts consumed in 
manufacturing) include: UV resin, and acrylic plates (HTS 3824.90.9150, 
3920.51.5000 and 3921.19.0000, duty rate ranges from 5.0% to 6.5%). The 
application also requests authority for future manufacturing of 
shadowmask (HTS 8540.91.50, 5.4%), LCD color filters (HTS 9001.20.00, 
3.5%), photomasks (HTS 3705, duty-free), and lead frames (HTS 8542, 
duty-free) using the following imported components: chemical products, 
plates of plastic, glass plate for photomask and color filter, metal 
coil for shadow mask and aperture grille, metal coil for lead frame, 
nickel plates and parts for projection screens (HTS 3824, 3920, 3921, 
7014.00.50, 7209.28.0000, 7225.99.0000, 7226.99.0000, 7410.22.0000, 
7506, and 9010, duty rate ranges from duty-free to 8.4%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt DNP from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. Some 80 percent of the 
plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, DNP would be 
able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures that 
apply to finished screens (2.6%) for the foreign inputs noted above. In 
addition, DNP products shipped to domestic television manufacturers 
with subzone status could be subject to the finished or unfinished 
television duty rate. 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 is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at one of the following addresses:
    1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court 
Building--Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005; or
    2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service: Foreign-Trade-Zones 
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB--Suite 4100W, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is April 16, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted

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during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 1, 2002).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Foreign-Trade 
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed above, 
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 6363 
Greenwich Drive, Suite 230San Diego, CA 92122.

    Dated: February 8, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-3807 Filed 2-14-02; 8:45 am]
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