[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 48 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 8-2006)


Foreign-Trade Zone 202--Los Angeles, CA, Application for Subzone, 
Sharp Electronics Corporation, (Office and Consumer Electronics/Home 
Products/Solar Panels Distribution), Huntington Beach, California

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Board of Harbor Commissioners of the City of Los 
Angeles, grantee of FTZ 202, requesting special-purpose subzone status 
for the office and consumer electronics/ home products/solar panels 
warehousing and distribution facility of Sharp Electronics Corporation 
(Sharp), in Huntington Beach, California. 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 27, 2006.
    The Sharp facility (939,800 sq. ft. of enclosed space on 23.4 
acres) is located at 5901 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington Beach, California. 
The facility (97 employees) may be used under FTZ procedures for the 
testing, packaging, warehousing and distribution of consumer 
electronics/home products/solar panels. Sharp's application indicates 
that 5 percent of the merchandise handled at the facility is 
domestically-sourced and includes products manufactured at and 
transferred from Subzone No. 77A, Sharp Manufacturing Company of 
America's manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee.
    Zone procedures would exempt Sharp from Customs duty payments on 
foreign products that are re-exported. On domestic sales, the company 
would be able to defer payments until merchandise is shipped from the 
plant. The company would be able to avoid duty on foreign merchandise 
which becomes scrap/waste. Sharp also anticipates realizing significant 
logistical/procedural benefits. The application indicates that all of 
the above-cited savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
facility'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, 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 May 12, 2006. Rebuttal 
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing period 
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to May 30, 2006).
    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, 3300 
Irvine Avenue, Suite 305, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

    Dated: March 3, 2006.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-3535 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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