[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 235 (Friday, December 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72642-72643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 53-2002]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26--Atlanta, GA; Application for Subzone Ricoh 
Electronics, Inc. (Toner Cartridges, Related Toner Products and Thermal 
Paper Products), Lawrenceville, GA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, 
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the toner cartridges, 
related toner products, and thermal paper products manufacturing plant 
of Ricoh Electronics, Inc. (Ricoh Electronics) in Lawrenceville, 
Georgia. 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 Electronics' plant (73.13 acres/351,058 square feet, with a 
possible expansion of one additional building and expansion to existing 
buildings totaling 486,000 square feet) is located at 1125 Hurricane 
Shoals Road in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
    The facility (340 employees) is requesting subzone status to 
produce thermal label paper (HTSUS 4811.41.1000--duty rate 1.2% and 
4811.51.2050--duty free), tag paper (HTSUS 4811.90.8000--duty rate 
.4%), TC film (HTSUS 3920.62.0000--duty rate 4.2%), thermal transfer 
ribbon (HTSUS 9612.10.9030--duty rate 8.1%), 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 Ricoh 
products such as highly advanced digital copiers, laser and multi-
function printers, copier and printer peripherals (such as sorters, 
large capacity trays, and copier stands), printed circuit boards, 
secure fax machines, eCabinets (electronic data storage units), and 
other products to their manufacturing 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; polycarboxilic 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; electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies; insulated 
wire and

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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 Electronics from Customs duty 
payments on foreign materials used in production for export. Some 25 
percent of the toner products are exported. 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 
4.7%). 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 three 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. Export Assistance Center, Marquis Two Tower, Suite 200, 285 
Peachtree Center Avenue, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1229.

    Dated: November 21, 2002.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30872 Filed 12-5-02; 8:45 am]
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