[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 58372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-16324]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket T-3-2006)


Foreign-Trade Zone 86 - Tacoma, Washington, Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, Norvanco International Inc./
Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co., (Kitting of Home Theater Systems), 
Sumner, Washington

    An application has been submitted to the Acting Executive Secretary 
of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port of Tacoma 
(Washington), grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 86, requesting 
temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 86, at the 
facility of Norvanco International Inc. (Norvanco) located in Sumner, 
Washington. The application was filed on September 26, 2006.
    The Norvanco facility (100 employees) is located within Site 8 of 
FTZ 86 at 1800 140th Avenue East in Sumner, Washington. Under T/IM 
procedures, the company has requested authority to process (kit) 
certain imported components into home theater systems (HTS 8527.31; 
these systems enter the United States duty free) on behalf of the 
company's client, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. Norvanco may 
source the following potentially dutiable components/inputs from abroad 
for processing under T/IM authority, as delineated in the company's 
application: speaker boxes (HTS 8518.22); subwoofers (8518.21); and 
packing materials (3923.90). Duty rates on these inputs range from 
3.0[percnt] to 4.9[percnt], ad valorem. T/IM authority could be granted 
for a period of up to two years. Norvanco has also submitted a request 
for permanent FTZ manufacturing authority (for which Board filing is 
pending) for the activity described above.
    FTZ procedures would allow Norvanco to elect the finished-product 
duty rate for the imported components/inputs listed above. The 
application states that the company would also realize logistical/
paperwork savings under FTZ procedures. The applicant indicates that 
the proposed activity is currently conducted abroad and that T/IM FTZ 
authority could lead to increased U.S. activity and employment.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Acting Executive Secretary at: Office 
of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Room 1115, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20230.
    The closing period for their receipt is November 2, 2006.
    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 address listed above.

    Dated: September 27, 2006.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-16324 Filed 10-2-06; 8:45 am]
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