[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72641-72642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30871]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 52-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 50--Long Beach, CA, Application for Subzone, 
Ricoh Electronics, Inc. (Copiers, Printers, Thermal Paper and Related 
Products), Orange County, CA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Long 
Beach, California, grantee of FTZ 50, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status for the copier, printer, thermal paper and related 
products manufacturing plant of Ricoh Electronics, Inc., at sites in 
the Orange County, California, area. 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 November 19, 2002.
    Ricoh's California facilities consist of five sites in the Orange 
County, California, area: Site 1 (3 buildings/ 212,700 sq. ft. on 15 
acres with a possible expansion of an additional building of 100,000 
sq. ft.) is located at 2320, 2310, and 2300 Redhill Avenue, Santa Ana; 
Site 2 (1 building/100,000 sq. ft. on 4.5 acres) is located at 17482 
Pullman Street, Irvine; Site 3 (1 building/107,370 sq. ft. on 5.1 
acres) is located at 1062 McGaw Street, Irvine; Site 4 (1 building/ 
57,131 sq. ft. on 3.4 acres) is located at 2660 Barranca Parkway, 
Irvine; and, Site 5 (2 buildings/318,458 sq. ft. on 15 acres) is 
located at 1100 Valencia Avenue & 1101 Bell Avenue in Tustin, 
California.
    The facilities (800 employees) are requesting subzone status to 
produce digital copiers and remanufactured copiers (HTSUS 
9009.12.0000--duty rate 3.7%), laser and multi-function printers (HTSUS 
8471.60.5100 and 8472.90.8000--duty free), copier and printer 
peripherals, such as sorters, large capacity trays (HTSUS 8473.30.3000 
and 8473.40.6000--duty free), and storage cabinets (HTSUS 
9403.10.0040--duty free); printed circuit boards (HTSUS 8473.30.5000 
and 8473.40.8000--duty free), secure fax machines (HTSUS 8517.21.0000--
duty free), electronic data storage units (HTSUS 8471.70.9000 duty 
free), thermal label paper (HTSUS 4811.41.1000--duty rate 1.2% and 
HTSUS 4811.50.2050--duty free); tag paper (HTSUS 4811.90.8000--duty 
rate of 0.4%), thermal transfer ribbon (HTSUS 9612.10.9030--duty rate 
of 8.1%), TC film (HTSUS 3920.62.0000--duty rate 4.2%), toner 
cartridges (HTSUS 8473.30.5000, 8473.40.8000, 8517.90.0400, and 
9009.99.4000--duty free), toner and developer (HTSUS 3707.90.3290--duty 
rate 6.5%), and remanufactured toner cartridges. The company may add 
other similar Ricoh products to its product line in the future.
    Foreign-sourced materials will account for some 40 percent of 
finished product value, and include items from the following general 
categories: vegetable waxes; quartz; mineral oils; carbon; inorganic 
acids and oxygen compounds of nonmetals; aluminum oxide; iron oxides; 
titanium oxides; sulfates; carbonates; silicates; oxometallic or 
peroxometallic acids; acyclic alcohols; phenols; ethers; saturated 
acyclic monocarboxylic acids; polycarboxylic acids; amine function 
compounds; diazo-, azo-or azoxy-compounds; organic derivatives of 
hydrazine; organo-sulfur compounds; heterocyclic compounds; other 
organic compounds; paints and varnishes; surface-active agents; 
artificial waxes and prepared waxes; prepared glues and other prepared 
adhesives; photographic film; photographic paper, paperboard; chemical 
preparations for photographic uses; finishing agents; rubber 
accelerators; organic composite solvents and thinners; prepared binders 
for foundry molds; polymers of ethylene/propylene/styrene/vinyl 
chloride/vinyl acetate and acrylic; epoxide resins; polyamides in 
primary forms; amino-resins; silicones; cellulose; tubes, pipes and 
hoses; self-adhesive plates; sheets, film, foil, tape; other articles 
of plastics; other articles of unvulcanized rubber; conveyor or 
transmission belts; wood packing cases and boxes, uncoated paper and 
paperboard; paper cartons and boxes, cellulose wadding or fibers; 
bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp; cleaning 
seals for cartridge assembly; fabricated asbestos fibers; glass 
spheres; metal fasteners; copper springs; aluminum foil; aluminum tube 
or pipe fittings; tungsten; base metal mountings; metal office 
fasteners; air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; 
centrifuges; automatic data processing machines; other office machines 
and parts and accessories; molds for metal foundry; taps, cocks, 
valves; ball or roller bearings; transmission shafts and cranks; 
gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting; electric motors and 
generators; electrical transformers, static converters and inductors; 
electromagnets, permanent magnets; primary cells and primary batteries; 
industrial or laboratory electric furnaces and ovens; electric 
instantaneous or storage water heaters, electric space heating 
apparatus, electrothermic hairdressing apparatus; electrical apparatus 
for line telephony or telegraphy, videophones; electrical capacitors; 
electrical resistors; printed circuits; electrical apparatus for 
switching or protecting electrical circuits; electrical filament or 
discharge lamps; diodes, transistors, photosensitive semiconductor 
devices;

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electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies; insulated wire and 
cable; insulating fittings for electrical machines; waste and scrap of 
primary cells and batteries; mirrors; lenses; photographic cameras; 
photocopying apparatus; instruments and appliances used in dental, 
medical, veterinary and surgical sciences; measuring instruments; 
counters, automatic regulating or controlling instruments or apparatus; 
contact static eliminator brush for copiers; and typewriter ribbons.
    Zone procedures would exempt Ricoh 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 (primarily duty-free, with some up to 8.1%) rather 
than the duty rates that would otherwise apply to the foreign-sourced 
materials noted above (duty-free to 12.5 percent, weighted average 
4.3%). 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 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 February 4, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to February 19, 
2003).
    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, Suite 1670, Long Beach, California.

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30871 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]
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