[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 27492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10653]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket T-2-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 26 Atlanta, GA, Application for Temporary/
Interim Manufacturing Authority, Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. 
(Motor Vehicles), West Point, GA

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Georgia Foreign-Trade 
Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 26, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority within FTZ 26 at the Kia Motors 
Manufacturing Georgia, Inc. (KMMG) facility in West Point, Georgia. The 
application was filed on May 7, 2008.
    The KMMG facility (about 2,500 employees) is located at 700 Kia 
Parkway in West Point (Troup County), Georgia (Site 1 T1). Under T/IM 
procedures, KMMG would produce up to 350,000 light-duty passenger 
vehicles (sedans, sport utility vehicles, minivans) (HTSUS 8703.23, 
8703.24) annually for the U.S. market and export. Foreign components 
that would be used in production (representing about 25% of total 
material inputs) include: oils (HTSUS 2710.11), paints (3208.10, 
3209.90), plastic tubes/pipes/hoses (3917.31, 3917.40), plastic sheets/
strips/plates (3919.90, 3921.90), rubber tubes/hoses (4009.11, 
4009.31), rubber belts (4010.31, 4010.33), tires (4011.20), gaskets/
washers/o-rings (4016.93, 4016.99), carpet sets (5703.20), safety glass 
(7007.11, 7007.21), mirrors (7009.10), tube fittings (7307.22, 
7307.99), fasteners (7318.14), locks/keys (8301.20, 8301.40), engines 
(8407.34), engine parts (8409.91), pumps (8413.30), valves (8481.80), 
and bumpers (8708.10) (duty rates: free - 8.6%).
    FTZ procedures could exempt KMMG from customs duty payments on 
foreign components used in export production (estimated to be 10% of 
plant shipments). On its domestic sales, KMMG would be able to choose 
the duty rate that applies to finished passenger vehicles (2.5%) for 
the foreign inputs noted above that have higher rates. Customs duties 
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production 
equipment.
    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 June 12, 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.

    Dated: May 7, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-10653 Filed 5-12-08; 8:45 am]
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