[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42685-42686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18322]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 34-2003]


Foreign-Trade Zone 39--Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Application for 
Subzone Maxtor Corporation (Data Storage Products) Coppell, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, 
grantee of FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
assembly and warehousing facilities of Maxtor Corporation (Maxtor), 
located in Coppell, Texas. 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 July 2, 2003.
    The Maxtor facility (18 acres, 245 employees) is located at 611 
South Royal Lane, Coppell, Texas. The facility will be used for the 
assembly and distribution of internal and external hard disk drive 
kits, retail kits and accessory kits (HTS 8471.70 and 8471.80, duty-
free). Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 97% 
of all parts used in the assembly process) include: external and 
internal drives, electrical power supplies, electrical power cables, 
hard disk drive controller cards, data cables, printed circuit boards, 
cabling, plastic covers, UV resin, brackets, tape, HDD screws, 
software, acrylic plates and packaging (HTS 3919.10, 3926.90, 4819.40, 
4821.10, 4901.99, 7318.15, 7326.90, 8471.70, 8471.80, 8473.30, 8504.40, 
8524.31, 8524.91, 8544.41, 8544.51, duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
8.6%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Maxtor from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 6 percent of the 
plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Maxtor would be 
able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures that 
apply to the assembled data storage kits (duty-free) for the foreign 
components noted above. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help

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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 
September 16, 2003. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to October 1, 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 U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 711 
Houston Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102.

    Dated: July 9, 2003.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18322 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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