[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19643]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 46-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 38 - Spartanburg County, SC, Application for 
Subzone Status, Cornell Dubilier Marketing, Inc. (Electrolytic 
Capacitors)

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ 
38, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the aluminum 
electrolytic capacitor manufacturing plant of Cornell Dubilier 
Marketing, Inc. (CDM), located in Liberty, South Carolina. 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 August 18, 2008.
    The CDM facility (308 employees/34 acres/152,520 sq.ft.) is located 
at 140 Technology Place in Liberty (Pickens County), South Carolina. 
The plant is used to produce aluminum electrolytic capacitors (up to 
6,100 units annually) for export and the domestic market. The 
manufacturing process involves slitting, formation, winding, and 
electrolyte impregnation of etched aluminum foil using domestically-
sourced material inputs and foreign-origin etched aluminum foil (HTSUS 
7607.19, 5.3%; aluminum foil represents about 37% of finished capacitor 
value).
    FTZ procedures would exempt CDM from customs duty payments on the 
foreign etched aluminum foil used in export production. On domestic 
shipments, the company could be able to elect the duty rate that 
applies to finished aluminum electrolytic capacitors (duty free) for 
the foreign etched aluminum foil. 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 address below. The closing period for their receipt is 
October 24, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to November 10, 2008.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations: 
Office of the Port Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 150-A 
West Phillips Road, Greer, SC 29650; and, Office of the Executive 
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 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.

    Dated: August 19, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-19643 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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