[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31811-31812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12463]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket 37-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 106 -- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Application 
for Manufacturing Authority, Industrial Gasket, Inc./International 
Group (Metal Fabrication)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Port Authority of the Greater Oklahoma City Area, 
grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 106, requesting manufacturing 
authority on behalf of Industrial Gasket, Inc. (dba International 
Group) (IG) at the company's facility within Proposed Site 14 of FTZ 
106 in Mustang, Oklahoma (FTZ Docket 36-2008). The application was 
submitted pursuant to the provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones Act, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR 
Part 400). It was formally filed on May 28, 2008.
    The IG facility (26 employees) is located at 720 South Sara Road, 
in Mustang, and includes one 60,000 sq. ft. building. The facility is 
used for manufacturing activity involving metal fabrication, stamping, 
machining, welding and assembly activities of customized gaskets, seals 
and stamping products comprised of various metals and rubber materials. 
IG is requesting to manufacture industrial electric lighting fixtures 
and certain motor vehicles parts (tubing, flanges, seals, instrument 
panel assemblies, electrical boxes) under FTZ procedures (HTSUS 
8708.99, 9405.40), with duty rates of 2.5 to 6 percent. At full 
capacity the facility could manufacture up to 5,250,000 units annually. 
Materials sourced from abroad (approximately 25 percent of the value of 
the finished product) include: spring and lock washers (7318.21); 
aluminum bars, rods and profiles (7604.10); aluminum plates, sheets and 
strip (7606.11); aluminum tubes and pipes (7608.10); and, zinc bars, 
rods, profiles

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and wire (7904.00) (duty rates: duty-free to 5.8 percent).
    FTZ procedures would exempt IG from customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in export production. Approximately 25 percent 
of production could be exported. On domestic sales, the company could 
choose the lower duty rate that applies to the finished product (2.5 to 
6 percent) for the imported components used in manufacturing. The 
majority of IG's savings will come from the elimination of duties on 
materials that become scrap/waste during manufacturing. IG may also 
realize savings related to direct delivery and weekly customs entry 
procedures. The application indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the facility's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Christopher Kemp 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 address listed below. The closing period for their 
receipt is August 4, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material 
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the 
subsequent 15-day period (to August 18, 2008).
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available at each of the following addresses: U. S. Department of 
Commerce Export Assistance Center, 301 N.W. 63rd Street, Suite 330, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73116; and, Office of the Executive Secretary, 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., 20230. For further 
information contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] 
or (202) 482-0862.

    Dated: May 28, 2008.
Pierre V. Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-12463 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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