[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 82 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 21218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8201]


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 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket 17-2007


Foreign-Trade Zone 124 - Gramercy, LA, Application for Subzone 
Status, Candies Shipbuilders, L.L.C., (Shipbuilding)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port of South Louisiana Commission, grantee of FTZ 
124, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the shipbuilding 
facility of Candies Shipbuilders, L.L.C. (Candies), in Houma, 
Louisiana. 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 
April 20, 2007.
    The Candies shipyard (45 acres) is located at 1100 Oak Street in 
Houma (Terrebonne Parish), Louisiana, about 45 miles southwest of New 
Orleans. The facility (139 employees) is used for the construction, 
fabrication, and repair of oceangoing vessels for domestic and 
international customers. Foreign components that may be used at the 
Candies shipyard (representing about 15[percnt] of finished vessel 
value) may include bulb flats, windows, doors and watertight doors, 
engines, winches, anchors, sanitary units, manholes, dynamic 
positioning systems, electronics, wiring sets and cable (duty rate 
range: free - 5.0[percnt], ad valorem).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Candies from Customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export activity. On its domestic sales, 
the company would not be required to pay applicable Customs duties on 
the foreign components, or it would be able to elect the duty rate that 
applies to finished oceangoing vessels (duty free) for the foreign 
components when the vessels are processed for Customs entry. The 
manufacturing activity conducted under FTZ procedures would be subject 
to the ``standard shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign-origin 
steel mill products (e.g., angles, pipe, plate), which requires that 
full Customs duties be paid on such items. The application indicates 
that the 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 the address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
June 29, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 16, 2007.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, Suite 2710, 2 
Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; and, the Office of the Executive 
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2814B, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002.
    For further information, contact Pierre Duy, examiner at: [email protected], or (202)482-1378.

    Dated: April 20, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8201 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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