[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 25645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10089]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

Docket 28-2008


Foreign-Trade Zone 38 Spartanburg County, SC, Request for 
Manufacturing Authority, ZF Lemf[ouml]rder Corporation (Automotive 
Suspension Systems)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the 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 ZF Lemf[ouml]rder 
Corporation (Lemf[ouml]rder), to assemble automotive suspension systems 
under FTZ procedures within FTZ 38. It was formally filed on April 30, 
2008.
    The Lemf[ouml]rder facility (71 employees) is located at 191 
Parkway West (Site 3) in Duncan, South Carolina. Under FTZ procedures, 
Lemf[ouml]rder would assemble up to 105,000 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 
100% of total purchases) include: stoppers/lids/caps, reinforced tubes/
pipes/hoses, articles of rubber, fasteners, helical and leaf springs, 
cables and wires, fittings, check valves, brake system parts, 
suspension systems and related parts, dampeners, height sensors, wheel 
hubs, drive shafts, universal joints, and ball bearings (duty rates: 
free - 9.0%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt Lemf[ouml]rder 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 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For the suspension systems withdrawn directly by Lemf[ouml]rder for 
customs entry, the finished automotive suspension system 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. The application indicates that the 
savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the facility's 
international competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the FTZ 
Staff is 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, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230-0002. The closing period for receipt of comments 
is July 7, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to July 21, 2008.
    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: April 30, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-10089 Filed 5-6-08; 8:45 am]
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