[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 45221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3940]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket No. 33-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 147--Reading, PA; Application for Subzone 
Souriau USA (Aerospace, Industrial and R/F Connectors); York, PA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation of Southeastern 
Pennsylvania, grantee of FTZ 147, requesting special-purpose subzone 
status for the manufacture of aerospace, industrial and R/F connectors 
at the facility of Souriau USA (Souriau), located in York, 
Pennsylvania. 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 
August 3, 2007.
    The Souriau facility (110 employees, 5 acres) is located at 25 
Grumbacher Road, in York, Pennsylvania. The facility will be used for 
the kitting of connector parts and manufacturing and storage of cable 
connectors and assemblies (HTS duty rate ranges from duty-free 3.5%). 
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 95% of the 
value of the finished product) include: Electrical connectors; and male 
and female contacts (duty rate 3.5%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Souriau from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 95 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Souriau would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to finished 
connectors and kits for the foreign inputs noted above. The request 
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the 
plant'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 
October 12, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to October 29, 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, 2 So. George 
Street, Cumberland House, Millersville, PA 17551-0302.
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: August 3, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 07-3940 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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