[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41705-41706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14788]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 27-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 103 - Grand Forks, North Dakota, Expansion of 
Manufacturing Authority -- Subzone 103A, Imation Enterprise Corp., 
Wahpeton, North Dakota

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by Imation Enterprise Corp. (Imation), requesting authority 
to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone 
procedures within Subzone 103A at the Imation facilities in Wahpeton, 
North Dakota. 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 
July 23, 2007.
    Subzone 103A (400 employees) was approved by the Board in 2000 for 
the

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manufacture of data storage products (Board Order 1099, 65 FR 37115, 6/
13/00). The subzone consists of two sites (112 acres total): Site 1 (95 
acres) is located at 2100 15th Street North, Wahpeton, North Dakota; 
Site 2 (17 acres) is located at 1205 North Tower Road, Route 2, Fergus 
Falls, Minnesota.
    The current request involves the addition of imported RFID chips 
(HTSUS 8543.70, duty rate 2.6%) to the company's scope of authority for 
use in the production of data tape cartridges (duty free). No 
additional finished products have been requested. The scope otherwise 
would remain unchanged.
    FTZ procedures would exempt Imation from customs duty payments on 
the RFID chips used in export production. The company anticipates that 
some 53 percent of the plant's shipments will be exported. On its 
domestic sales, Imation would be able to choose the duty rate during 
customs entry procedures that apply to finished data tape cartridges 
for the RFID chips. The application indicates that the savings from 
zone procedures help improve the plant's international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ 
staff has been appointed 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 
October 1, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to October 15, 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, 51 Broadway, 
Suite 505, Fargo, ND 58102.
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: July 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-14788 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]
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