[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16520-16521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7095]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 12-2004]


Foreign-Trade Zone 78--Nashville, Tennessee, Application for 
Subzone, Sanford LP (Pencil Manufacturing and Writing and Art Products 
Distribution); Shelbyville and Lewisburg, TN

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson 
County, grantee of FTZ 78, requesting special-purpose subzone status 
for the pencil manufacturing and writing and art products warehousing/
distribution facility of Sanford LP (Sanford), in Shelbyville and 
Lewisburg, Tennessee. 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 March 18, 2004.
    The Sanford facilities are comprised of three sites: Site 1 (3 
buildings, 465,000 sq. ft. on 40 acres)--writing instrument repackaging 
and marker assembly plant, located at One Pencil Street, Shelbyville 
(Bedford County); Site 2 (1 building, 490,000 sq. ft. on 21 acres)--
pencil manufacturing and art product assembly plant, located at 551 
Spring Place Road, Lewisburg (Marshall County); and, Site 3 ( 1 
building, 574,000 sq. ft. on 55 acres)--main distribution center, 
located at 1660 Railroad Avenue, Shelbyville (Bedford County). The 
facility (800 employees) is used for manufacturing of pencils and 
pencil components and for the assembly, warehousing, inspection, 
packaging and distribution of writing and art products. However, 
manufacturing authority is not being requested at this time. About 7 
percent of production is currently exported. Certain pencils (HTSUS 
9609.10.00) from China are subject to anti-dumping/countervailing (AD/
CVD) duties.
    Zone procedures would exempt Sanford from Customs duty payments 
(including AD/CVD) on foreign products that are re-exported. On 
domestic sales, the company would be able to defer payments (including 
AD/CVD) until merchandise is shipped from the plant. FTZ designation 
would further allow Sanford to utilize certain Customs procedures 
resulting in increased efficiencies for its logistics and distribution 
operations. 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 June 1, 2004. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted

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during the subsequent 15-day period (to June 14, 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 address Number 1 listed above, and 
at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, 211 
Commerce Street, Suite 100, Nashville, TN 37201-1802.

    Dated: March 19, 2004.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-7095 Filed 3-29-04; 8:45 am]
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