[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 56334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19518]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-4-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Spartanburg County, SC, Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority, ZF Lemforder Corporation 
(Automotive Suspension Systems), Duncan, SC

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 38, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 38 at the ZF Lemforder 
Corporation (Lemforder) facility in Duncan, South Carolina. The 
application was filed on September 26, 2007.
    The Lemforder facility (71 employees) is located at 191 Parkway 
West in Duncan (Site 3). Under T/IM procedures, Lemforder would 
assemble up to 105,000 units of automotive suspension systems (HTSUS 
8708.80) annually for the U.S. market and export. Foreign components 
that would be used in the assembly activity (up to 92% of total 
purchases) include: stoppers/lids/caps (HTSUS 3923.50), reinforced 
tubes/pipes/hoses (4009.42), articles of rubber (4016.99), fasteners 
(steel and aluminum) (7318.15, .16, .22, .24; 7616.10), helical and 
leaf springs (7320.20), cables and wires (7326.90), fittings (8302.30), 
check valves (8481.30), brake system parts 8708.30), suspension systems 
and related parts (8708.80), dampeners (8708.99) , height sensors 
(9031.80), wheel hubs (8708.99), drive shafts (8708.99), universal 
joints(8708.99), and ball bearings (8482.10) (duty rates: free 9.0%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Lemforder from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in production for export. 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 automotive suspension systems 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For the finished automotive suspension systems withdrawn directly by 
Lemforder for CBP entry, the finished automotive part rate (2.5%) could 
be applied to the foreign inputs noted above.
    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. For further information, contact Pierre Duy 
at [email protected], or (202) 482-1378. The closing period for 
receipt of comments is November 2, 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 
address listed above.

    Dated: September 26, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-19518 Filed 10-2-07; 8:45 am]
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