[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 123 (Thursday, June 26, 2003)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16221]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 30-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 82--Mobile, AL Application for Manufacturing 
Authority Kvaerner Oilfield Products (Undersea Umbilicals) Mobile, AL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Mobile, grantee of FTZ 82, requesting 
manufacturing authority within a proposed general-purpose zone 
expansion site for the manufacturing and warehousing facilities of 
Kvaerner Oilfield Products (Kvaerner), located in Mobile, Alabama. 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 June 18, 2003.
    The Kvaerner facility (50 employees) is located within proposed 
Site 7 of FTZ 82, the Theodore Industrial Complex, located on the 
western shore of Mobile Bay. The facility will be used for the 
manufacturing and warehousing of undersea umbilicals (HTS 8544.60, duty 
rate 3.5%). Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 
25-35% of all parts consumed in manufacturing) include: super duplex 
steel tubes, power and signal cables, fiber optic cables and plastic 
conduits (HTS 7304.10, 7304.21-7304.59, 8544.11-8544.20 and 9001.10, 
duty rate ranges from .3% to 6.7 %).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Kvaerner from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 50 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Kvaerner would be able to choose the 
duty rates during Customs entry procedures that apply to finished 
umbilicals (3.5%) for the foreign inputs noted above. 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 August 25, 2003. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to September 9, 
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 the first address listed above, 
and at the Office of the City Clerk, City of Mobile, 9th Floor, South 
Tower, Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602.

    Dated: June 18, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-16221 Filed 6-25-03; 8:45 am]
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