[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58371-58372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20116]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-3-2005]


Foreign-trade Zone 77 -- Memphis, Tennessee, Application for 
Temporary/interim Manufacturing Authority, Brother Industries (U.S.A.) 
Inc., (Manufacture/Refurbish Toner Cartridges), Bartlett, Tennessee

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the City of Memphis and Shelby 
County, Division of Planning and Economic Development, grantee of FTZ 
77, requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within 
Subzone 77B at the Brother Industries (U.S.A.) Inc. plant located in 
Bartlett, Tennessee. The application was filed on September 29, 2005.
    The Brother facility (260 employees; annual capacity for 120,000 
toner cartridges) is located within Subzone 77B. Under T/IM procedures, 
the company has requested authority to manufacture, remanufacture, 
charge and recharge toner cartridges (HTS 8472.90 and 8473.30; these 
products enter the United States duty free). The company may source the 
following items from abroad for manufacturing of one or both of the 
finished products under T/IM authority, as delineated in Brother's 
application: toner (HTS 3707.90); toner caps (3923.50); collars, 
guards, and covers (3926.90); seals (5911.90); labels (4821.10); 
developer rollers (9009.99); bearings (8483.30); springs (7320.20); 
gears (8483.90); retaining rings (7318.29); washers (7318.22); and 
``lower film'' (3919.90). Duty rates on these inputs range from duty-
free to 6.5%. T/IM authority could be granted for a period of up to two 
years. Brother has also submitted a request for permanent FTZ 
manufacturing authority (for which Board filing is pending), which 
includes five additional inputs.
    FTZ procedures would allow Brother to elect the finished-product 
duty rates for the imported production inputs listed above. The company 
indicates that it would also realize logistical/paperwork savings under 
FTZ procedures.Public comment is invited

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from interested parties. Submissions 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, D.C. 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, D.C. 20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is November 7, 2005.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the first address listed above.

    Dated: September 29, 2005.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-20116 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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