[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 247 (Thursday, December 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 73314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25013]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 51-2007]


Foreign-Trade Zone 104--Savannah, GA; Request for Manufacturing 
Authority, Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc., (Refined Sunflower and Vegetable 
Oil Products), Savannah, GA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Savannah Airport Commission, grantee of FTZ 104, 
pursuant to section 400.28(a)(2) of the Board's regulations (15 CFR 
part 400), requesting authority on behalf of Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc. 
(FVO), to refine sunflower oil and manufacture vegetable oil products 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 104. The application was formally filed 
on December 14, 2007.
    The FVO facility (89 employees) is located at 120 Brampton Road 
(within FTZ 104-Site 2), Savannah Georgia, and used to produce refined 
sunflower oil and, vegetable oil and fat products (up to 120,000 tons 
annually), including cocoa butter equivalents, for the commercial food 
industry. Some foreign sunflower oil would be processed (up to 20 
percent of total purchases), duty rate - 1.7cents/kg. + 3.4%.
    There are no inverted tariffs related to FVO's finished products 
(duty rates - 1.7cents/kg. + 3.4% and 8.8 cents/kg.). FTZ procedures 
would exempt FVO from Customs duty payments on the foreign sunflower 
oil used in production for export (60% of shipments). The company could 
also realize duty deferral on shipments for U.S. consumption and 
certain logistical/supply chain savings. The application indicates that 
the 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 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, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period 
for receipt of comments is February 25, 2008. Rebuttal comments in 
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be 
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to March 11, 2008).
    A copy of the request 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 Diane Finver 
at: [email protected], or (202) 482-1367.

    Dated: December 14, 2007.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-25013 Filed 12-26-07; 8:45 am]
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