[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58535-58536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 51-2008]


Foreign-Trade Zone 82--Mobile, AL; Application for Subzone; 
ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA, LLC, (Stainless and Carbon Steel 
Products), Calvert, AL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the City of Mobile, grantee of FTZ 82, requesting 
special-purpose subzone status for the stainless and carbon steel 
products manufacturing facility of ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless 
USA, LLC (ThyssenKrupp), located in Calvert, Alabama. 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 October 1, 2008.
    The ThyssenKrupp facility (2,500 employees, 3,515 acres/square 
feet, 4.5 million metric ton capacity for carbon steel products and 1 
million metric ton capacity for stainless steel products) is located at 
1 ThyssenKrupp Drive, near the city of Calvert, Washington and Mobile 
Counties, Alabama. The facility will be used for the manufacturing, 
processing and distribution of carbon and stainless steel products. 
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 44% of the 
value of finished stainless steel products and 45% of the value of the 
finished carbon steel products) include: Ferrochromium, unwrought 
molybdenum, ferrosilicon, articles of titanium, ferrosilicon manganese, 
unwrought titanium, ferro-niobium, ferro-boron, wire and rods of 
agglom, unwrought aluminum and zinc (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 
15%).
    FTZ procedures would exempt ThyssenKrupp from customs duty

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payments on the foreign components used in export production. The 
company anticipates that some 27 percent of the plant's stainless steel 
shipments and 5-10 percent of its carbon steel shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, ThyssenKrupp would be able to choose 
the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to the 
finished stainless steel and carbon steel products (duty-free) for the 
foreign inputs noted above. The request indicates that the savings from 
FTZ procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Elizabeth Whiteman 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 
December 8, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to December 22, 2008.
    A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:
    Office of the City Clerk, City of Mobile, 9th Floor, South Tower, 
Government Plaza, 205 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602.
    Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at [email protected] or (202) 482-0473.

    Dated: October 1, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-23737 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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