[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38940-38941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14074]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket No. 24-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 93--Raleigh/Durham, NC, Application for 
Foreign-Trade Subzone Status, General Electric Aircraft Engines (Gas 
Turbine Engines), Research Triangle Park/Durham, NC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade-Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Triangle J Council of Governments, grantee of FTZ 
93, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and 
distribution facilities (gas turbine engines) of General Electric 
Aircraft Engines (GEAE) in Research Triangle Park/Durham, North 
Carolina. 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 May 28, 2002.
    The GEAE facilities are located at 3701 South Miami Boulevard, 
Research Triangle Park/Durham, North Carolina (six buildings/513,273 
square feet on 512 acres). The facilities (150 employees) are used for 
the development, manufacture, and distribution of gas turbine engines 
and engine parts for aerospace, marine, and industrial applications. 
Foreign-source materials account for approximately 10 to 20 percent of 
finished-product value, and may include items from the following 
categories: plastic or rubber tubes, plates, and other articles; 
fiberglass sheets; stainless steel wire: iron or steel tubes or 
fittings; stranded wire products; iron or steel fasteners; nickel or 
nickel-alloy products; aluminum wire and fittings; cobalt mattes; 
titanium nuts, bolts, screws, tubes, sleeves, and bars; articles of 
chromium and rhenium; base metal fittings, tubing, and stoppers; pumps 
for liquids and parts thereof; heat exchange units; centrifuges; valves 
and parts thereof; bearings and parts thereof; transmission shafts and 
parts thereof; gaskets; electric motors; electrical inductors and 
ignition equipment; signaling equipment; electrical switches and 
relays; insulated wire and cable; ceramic insulators; counters and 
other instruments; measuring or checking instruments; and lamps and 
lighting fittings.
    Zone procedures would exempt GEAE from Customs duty payments on 
foreign materials used in production for export. On domestic sales, the 
company would be able to choose the duty rates that apply to the 
finished products (duty-free to 2.5%) rather than the duty rates that 
would otherwise apply to the foreign-sourced materials noted above 
(duty-free to 15%). In addition, GEAE states that it would realize 
logistical/procedural and other benefits. The application indicates 
that the savings from zone procedures will 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 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

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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 August 5, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to August 20, 
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 address Number 1 listed above, and 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 5 West 
Hargett Street, Suite 600, Raleigh, NC 27601.

    Dated: May 29, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-14074 Filed 6-5-02; 8:45 am]
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