[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 155 (Monday, August 13, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45219-45220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 32-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, SC; Request for 
Manufacturing Authority: Kittel Supplier USA, Inc. (Automotive Door 
Trim Components)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, 
pursuant to Section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
Part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Kittel

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Supplier USA, Inc. (KSU), to assemble automotive door trim components 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 38. It was formally filed on August 3, 
2007.
    The KSU facility (25 employees) is located at 201 Commerce Court 
within the Highway 290 Commerce Park (Site 3) in Duncan, South 
Carolina. Under FTZ procedures, KSU would assemble up to 2.2 million 
automotive door trim components (HTSUS 8708.29) annually for the U.S. 
market and export. Foreign components that would be used in the 
assembly activity (up to 100% of total purchases) include: Aluminum 
frames, B pillars, C and D pillars, waist race bolts, division bars, 
fasteners, powder coatings of carbon black and barium sulfate, and 
rubber seals (duty rates: Free--2.5%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt KSU from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in production for export to non-NAFTA 
countries. On domestic shipments transferred in-bond to U.S. automobile 
assembly plants with subzone status, no duties would be paid on the 
foreign components within the door trim components until the finished 
vehicles are subsequently entered for consumption, at which time the 
finished automobile duty rate (2.5%) could be applied to the foreign 
components. For the finished door trim components withdrawn directly by 
KSU for customs entry, the finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could 
be applied to the foreign inputs noted above. The application indicates 
that the company would also realize duty deferral and certain 
logistical/supply chain savings.
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
(original and 3 copies) shall be addressed to the Board's Executive 
Secretary at the following address: Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
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 will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board's Executive Secretary at 
the address listed above. For further information, contact Pierre Duy, 
examiner, at: [email protected], or (202) 482-1378.

    Dated: August 3, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-15813 Filed 8-10-07; 8:45 am]
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