[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46474-46475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15823]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 37-2005)


Foreign-Trade Zone 123 Denver, Colorado, Application For Subzone, 
the Eastman Kodak Company, (X-ray film, Color Paper, Digital Media, 
Inkjet Paper, and Entertainment Imaging), Windsor, Colorado

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City and County of

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Denver, Colorado, grantee of FTZ 123, requesting special-purpose 
subzone status with manufacturing authority (X-ray film, color paper, 
digital media, inkjet paper, and entertainment imaging) for the 
facilities of the Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak), located in Windsor, 
Colorado. The application was submitted pursuant to 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 August 1, 2005.
    The facilities for which subzone status is proposed are on one site 
(800 acres total; 3.2 million sq. ft. of enclosed space) located at 
9952 Eastman Park Drive in Windsor, Colorado. The facilities 
(approximately 1650 full- and part-time employees) would be used 
initially under FTZ procedures for manufacturing, processing, 
warehousing, and distributing printer cartridges and thermal media, 
which have duty rates ranging from duty-free to 3.7% ad valorem. For 
Kodak's current manufacturing, foreign-sourced materials account for 
approximately 50 percent of finished-product value. The application 
lists thermal media (HTSUS category 3702.44) and film base (3920.62) as 
the primary material inputs which may be sourced from abroad initially, 
with duty rates ranging from 3.7% to 4.2%.
    The application also requests authority to include a broad range of 
inputs and final products that the plant may produce under FTZ 
procedures in the future within the categories of X-ray film, color 
paper, digital media, inkjet paper, and entertainment imaging (i.e., 
motion picture film, consumer film and related chemicals). (New major 
activity in these inputs/products could require review by the FTZ 
Board.) General HTSUS categories of inputs include: 2620, 2710, 2803, 
2804, 2806, 2811, 2812, 2815, 2825, 2827, 2832, 2833, 2836, 2838, 2842, 
2843, 2846, 2851, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 2911, 
2914, 2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2928, 
2930, 2931, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2942, 3004, 3402, 3503, 3507, 3701, 3702, 
3703, 3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3824, 3901, 3903, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3910, 
3912, 3917, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3926, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4016, 
4017, 4202 (4202.12.6000, 4202.12.8030, 4202.91.0090, 4202.92.9026, 
4202.92.9036, 4202.92.9060), 4203, 4415, 4504, 4703, 4802, 4805, 4808, 
4811, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4823, 4901, 4902, 4905, 4906, 4908, 4909, 
4910, 4911, 5906, 6804, 6909, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7006, 7007, 7008, 7013, 
7014, 7020, 7106, 7108, 7112, 7412, 7419, 7606, 7607, 7609, 7616, 8101, 
8108, 8302, 8306, 8308, 8309, 8405, 8412, 8413, 8414, 8415, 8418, 8419, 
8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8428, 8431, 8439, 8441, 8443, 8466, 8467, 8470, 
8471, 8472, 8473, 8476, 8477, 8479, 8480, 8481, 8485, 8501, 8503, 8504, 
8505, 8506, 8507, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8514, 8515, 8516, 8518, 8521, 8523, 
8524, 8525, 8528, 8529, 8531, 8532, 8533, 8534, 8535, 8536, 8537, 8538, 
8539, 8540, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8544, 8545, 8546, 8547, 9001, 9002, 9005, 
9006, 9007, 9008, 9009, 9010, 9011, 9013, 9015, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9022, 
9023, 9024, 9025, 9026, 9027, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031, 9032, 9033, 9106, 
9402, 9405, 9612, and 9705. The duty rates on these products range from 
duty-free to 38%. Final products that may be produced from the inputs 
listed above include these general HTSUS categories: 2710, 2803, 2804, 
2806, 2811, 2812, 2815, 2825, 2827, 2832, 2833, 2836, 2838, 2842, 2843, 
2846, 2851, 2901, 2902, 2903, 2904, 2906, 2907, 2908, 2909, 2911, 2914, 
2915, 2916, 2917, 2918, 2920, 2921, 2922, 2924, 2925, 2926, 2928, 2930, 
2931, 2933, 2934, 2935, 2942, 3004, 3402, 3503, 3507, 3701, 3702, 3703, 
3704, 3705, 3706, 3707, 3824, 3901, 3903, 3905, 3906, 3907, 3910, 3912, 
3917, 3919, 3920, 3921, 3923, 3924, 3926, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4016, 4017, 
4202 (4202.12.6000, 4202.12.8030, 4202.91.0090, 4202.92.9026, 
4202.92.9036, 4202.92.9060), 4203, 4415, 4504, 4703, 4802, 4805, 4808, 
4811, 4818, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4823, 4901, 4902, 4905, 4906, 4908, 4909, 
4910, 4911, 5906, 6804, 6909, 7003, 7004, 7005, 7006, 7007, 7008, 7013, 
7014, 7020, 7106, 7108, 7112, 7412, 7419, 7606, 7607, 7609, 7616, 8101, 
8108, 8302, 8306, 8308, 8309, 8405, 8412, 8413, 8414, 8415, 8418, 8419, 
8420, 8421, 8422, 8423, 8428, 8431, 8439, 8441, 8443, 8466, 8467, 8470, 
8471, 8472, 8473, 8476, 8477, 8479, 8480, 8481, 8485, 8501, 8503, 8504, 
8505, 8506, 8507, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8514, 8515, 8516, 8518, 8521, 8523, 
8524, 8525, 8528, 8529, 8531, 8532, 8533, 8534, 8535, 8536, 8537, 8538, 
8539, 8540, 8541, 8542, 8543, 8544, 8545, 8546, 8547, 9001, 9002, 9005, 
9006, 9007, 9008, 9009, 9010, 9011, 9013, 9015, 9016, 9017, 9018, 9022, 
9023, 9024, 9025, 9026, 9027, 9028, 9029, 9030, 9031, 9032, 9033, 9106, 
9402, 9405, 9612, and 9705. The duty rates on these products range from 
duty-free to 38%.
    Zone procedures would exempt Kodak from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales, 
Kodak would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the 
finished products for foreign components, when applicable. Kodak would 
also be able to avoid duty on foreign inputs which become scrap/waste, 
estimated at five percent of FTZ-related savings. Kodak may also 
realize logistical/procedural and other benefits from subzone status. 
All of the above-cited savings from zone procedures could 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 October 11, 2005. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to October 24, 
2005.
    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 Denver U.S. Export Assistance Center, 1625 Broadway, Suite 680, 
Denver, CO 80202.

    Dated: August 2, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-15823 Filed 8-9-05; 8:45 am]
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