[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 54168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21327]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 31-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 86--Tacoma, Washington: Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority--Subzone 86E; Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics 
Industries of America, Inc. (20- and 27-inch Television/Video Cassette 
Recorder/DVD Combination Units)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of Tacoma, Washington, grantee of FTZ 86, 
requesting on behalf of Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries of 
America, Inc. (MKA), to expand the scope of manufacturing authority 
under zone procedures within Subzone 86E, at the MKA facilities in 
Vancouver, Washington. 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 
August 12, 2002.
    Subzone 86E was approved by the Board in 2000 at four sites in 
Vancouver, Washington (five buildings and two trailers, 427,300 sq. ft. 
total). Authority was granted for the manufacture of 9- and 13-inch 
television/video cassette recorder/DVD combination units (Board Order 
1176, 66 FR 32933, 6/19/2001).
    MKA is now proposing to expand the scope of manufacturing activity 
conducted under zone procedures at Subzone 86E to include 20-inch flat 
and round screen television/video cassette recorder/DVD combination 
units and 27-inch flat screen television/video cassette recorder/DVD 
combination units. The finished products would have duty rates of 3.9% 
ad valorem. Additional foreign-sourced materials under the proposed 
expanded scope would include 20-inch flat cathode ray tubes, 20-inch 
round cathode ray tubes, and 27-inch flat cathode ray tubes. Duty rates 
on those components are currently 15% ad valorem.
    Expanded subzone authority would exempt MKA from Customs duty 
payments on the aforementioned foreign components when used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, MKA would be able to choose the 
lower duty rate that applies to the finished products for the foreign 
components, when applicable.
    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 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 October 21, 2002. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to November 4, 
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, One World 
Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 242, Portland, OR 97204.

    Dated: August 13, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-21327 Filed 8-20-02; 8:45 am]
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