[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 40 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9583-9584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 4-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 39--Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, Application for 
Subzone, Turbomeca U.S.A. (Helicopter Engine Repair and Maintenance); 
Grand Prairie, TX

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, grantee of 
FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing 
and warehousing facilities of Turbomeca U.S.A. (Turbomeca), located in 
Grand Prairie, 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 February 20, 2004.
    The Turbomeca facility (11 acres, 200 employees) is located at 2709 
Forum Drive, Grand Prairie, Texas. The facility will be used for the 
repair and maintenance of helicopter engines (HTS 8411.81 duty-free). 
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 100% of all 
parts used in the manufacturing process) include: O-Rings and seals, 
maintenance manuals, mechanical fittings, unions, sleeves and 
couplings, connection hardware, springs, tools for assembly, engines 
and engine kits, parts of engines, fuel and oil pumps, filters and 
filter elements, valves, gears, electrical switches, control boxes, 
electrical wiring and harness, measuring tools, fuel control units, 
pressure transmitters, parts of fuel control units, fire detectors, 
speed sensing devices, electrical test equipment (duty rate ranges from 
duty-free to 9%) and bearings (HTS 8482.10 and 8482.50, duty rate 
ranges from 5.8-9%). The application indicates that bearings would be 
admitted in privileged-foreign status.

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    FTZ procedures would exempt Turbomeca from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. Some 25 percent of 
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Turbomeca 
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry procedures 
that apply to engines (duty-free) 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 April 30, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 17, 2004).
    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, 2000 
E. Lamar Boulevard, Suite 430, Arlington, Texas 76006.

    Dated: February 20, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-4495 Filed 2-27-04; 8:45 am]
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