[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 29, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17116]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 40-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 107 - Des Moines, Iowa, Application for 
Subzone Status, SACMI USA, Ltd. (Food-Processing and Packaging 
Equipment), Urbandale, Iowa

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Iowa Foreign-Trade Zone Corporation, grantee of FTZ 
107, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the packaging and 
food-processing equipment manufacturing facility of SACMI USA, Ltd. 
(SACMI), located in Urbandale, Iowa. The application was submitted 
pursuant to the provisions of the FTZ 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 23, 2007.
    The SACMI facility (3 acres/65,000 sq. ft.) is located at 3434 
106th Circle, in Urbandale, Iowa. The facility (36 employees) will 
manufacture and warehouse machinery and parts used in the ceramics, 
plastics, packaging equipment and food-processing industries. SACMI 
will manufacture labeling machinery (HTSUS 8422.30, duty-free) and 
compression molding machinery for bottle caps (HTSUS 8477.51, 3.10%) 
under zone procedures.
    Components purchased from abroad (up to 80 percent of finished 
value) used in manufacturing include grease with/without additive, 
vulcanized rubber tube, conveyor belts, belting and transmission belts, 
gasket rings, pipe fit and flanges, screws and bolts, cotters and 
cotter pins, springs, wrenches, vices, clamps, end milling cutters, 
tools, stoppers, caps and lids, fans, other parts of machinery for 
working rubber, safety or relief valves, solenoid valves, appliances, 
radial ball bearings, cup/cone assembly sets, spherical roller 
bearings, needle roller bearings, cylindrical roller bearings, cam/
crank shafts, gears and gearing, flywheels and pulleys, clutches, 
clutches and shaft couplings, transmission parts, electric motors under 
18.65W, distributors, electric relays, switches for electric circuits, 
fuses, electrical equipment for switch circuits, coaxial cable, brake 
parts, other shock absorbers, drawing instruments, and electrical table 
lamps (duty rate range: free to 9 %).
    FTZ procedures could exempt SACMI from Customs duty payments on 
foreign components that are re-exported. Some 20 percent of the plant's 
shipments are exported. On domestic shipments, the company would be 
able to choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that 
applies to the finished products (duty-free to 3.10%) for the foreign 
components listed above and would be able to defer payments until 
merchandise is shipped from the facility and entered for U.S. 
consumption. SACMI also plans to realize logistical benefits through 
the use of weekly entry procedures. The application indicates that all 
of the above-cited 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 on the application 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 29, 2007. Rebuttal comments in response to 
material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during 
the subsequent 15-day period to November 13, 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, 210 Walnut 
Street, Suite 749, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 and, the Office of the 
Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.
    For further information, contact Kathleen Boyce at [email protected] or (202) 482-1346.

    Dated: August 23, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-17116 Filed 8-28-07; 8:45 am]
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