[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 14, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60677-60678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-24327]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 56-2008]
Foreign-Trade Zone 20--Suffolk, VA; Application for Subzone
Status; STIHL Incorporated (Outdoor Power Products Manufacturing and
Distribution), Virginia Beach, VA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Virginia Port Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone (FTZ) 20, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the
outdoor power products manufacturing and distribution facilities of
STIHL Incorporated (STIHL) located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 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 3, 2008.
The STIHL facilities are located at 536 Viking Drive, 2525
International Parkway, 601 Central Drive, 825 London Bridge Road, and
528 Viking Drive, in Virginia Beach (87 acres, 9 buildings, 2,000
employees). The facilities are used for the manufacture and
distribution activities of various types of gas-powered and electric
outdoor products and their parts (blowers, trimmers, sprayers, cutters,
cultivators and chainsaws; HTSUS numbers 8414.59, 8467.29, 8424.81,
8467.89, 8432.29, 8467.22, and 8467.81). At full capacity the STIHL
facility can produce up to 4 million units annually. Imported
components and raw materials account for approximately 25 percent of
the finished products' value. Parts and components that may be imported
into the proposed subzone for manufacturing include: petroleum oils
(2710.11); bituminous oils (2710.19); carbides
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(2849.90); glues and adhesives (3506.91); pickling preparations
(3810.90); organic solvents and thinners (3814.00); polyethylene
(3901.20); propylene copolymers (3902.30); polyamides (3908.10);
polyurethanes (3909.50); silicones (3910.00); petroleum resins
(3911.90); monofilament plastics (3916.90); plastic tubes, pipes and
hoses (3917.21, 3917.22, 3917.23, 3917.29, 3917.31, 3917.32, 3917.33,
3917.39, 3917.40); self-adhesive or non self-adhesive plates, sheets,
film, foil, tape and strip (3919.10, 3919.90, 3920.10, 3920.62,
3920.92, 3921.11, 3921.90); plastic boxes, cases, crates, stoppers,
lids, caps and other closures (3923.10, 3923.21, 3923.29, 3923.30,
3923.40, 3923.50, 3923.90, 3926.90); rubber tubes, pipes and hoses
(4009.11, 4009.12, 4009.21, 4009.22, 4009.31, 4009.32, 4009.41,
4009.42); erasers (4016.92); vulcanized rubber gaskets, washers, seals
and other articles (4016.93, 4016.99); plaiting materials (4601.29);
synthetic twine, cordage, ropes and cables (5607.50); felt filters
(5911.90); harnesses (6307.90); iron or steel tubes, flanges and pipe
fittings (7307.21, 7307.91, 7307.92, 7307.99); iron and steel self-
tapping screws, bolts, nuts, screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters,
cotter pins and washers (7318.14, 7318.15, 7318.16, 7318.19, 7318.21,
7318.24, 7318.29); leaf springs, leaves and helical springs (7320.10,
7320.20, 7320.90); iron or steel wire and other articles (7326.20,
7326.90); copper tube and pipe (7411.29); copper alloy tube and pipe
(7412.20); copper-stranded wire and cable (7413.00); copper nails,
tacks, drawing pins and staples (7415.21, 7415.29, 7415.33, 7415.39);
aluminum foil (7607.20); aluminum tubes and pipes (7608.20); aluminum
stranded wire, cable and plaited bands (7614.10, 7614.90); aluminum
nails, tacks, staples and other articles (7616.10, 7616.99); zinc
articles (7907.00); tungsten powders (8101.10); hand tools (8205.40,
8205.59); iron, steel or other base metal flexible tubing (8307.10,
8307.90); internal combustion engine parts (8409.91); fuel, lubricating
or cooling pumps and their parts (8413.30, 8413.91); air or vacuum
pumps and their parts (8414.59, 8414.90); oil or fuel filters (8421.21,
8421.23); fire extinguishers, spray guns, steam or sand blasting
machines and their parts (8424.81, 8424.90); pressure-reducing valves,
check valves, oleo-hydraulic valves, safety or relief valves and their
parts (8481.10, 8481.20, 8481.30, 8481.40, 8481.80, 8481.90); ball
bearings, roller bearings and their parts (8482.10, 8482.20, 8482.30,
8482.40, 8482.50, 8482.80, 8482.91, 8482.99); transmission shafts and
cranks, bearing housings, torque converters, flywheels and pulleys,
clutches and shaft couplings, toothed wheels and chain sprockets
(8483.10, 8483.30, 8483.40, 8483.50, 8483.60, 8483.90); gaskets
(8484.10, 8484.20, 8484.90); non-electrical machinery parts (8487.90);
electric motors and generators (8501.10, 8501.20, 8501.31, 8501.32,
8501.33, 8501.34, 8501.40, 8501.51, 8501.52, 8501.53, 8501.61, 8501.62,
8501.63, 8501.64); electric generating sets (8502.20); parts for
electric motors, generators and generator sets (8503.00); primary
cells, batteries and their parts (8506.80); lead-acid storage batteries
and their parts (8507.10, 8507.20, 8507.30, 8507.40, 8507.80, 8507.90);
spark plugs (8511.10); ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos and magnetic
flywheels (8511.20); distributors and ignition coils (8511.30);
generators and their parts (8511.50, 8511.90); portable electric lamps
(8513.10); electrical switches, relays, fuses, plugs, sockets, lamp-
holders, circuit breakers and junction boxes and their parts (8535.90,
8536.10, 8536.20, 8536.30, 8536.41, 8536.49, 8536.50, 8536.69, 8536.90,
8538.90); electric filament or discharge lamps and their parts
(8539.22, 8539.29, 8539.31); cathode ray tubes and their parts
(8540.89); coaxial cable and coaxial electric conductors with or
without connectors (8544.20, 8544.42, 8544.49, 8544.60); non-propelled
trailers and semi-trailers and their parts (8716.80, 8716.90);
pneumatic hand tools (8467.11); and, vacuum cleaners and their parts
(8508.11). The duty rates on the imported components range from duty-
free to 12.5 percent.
This application requests authority for STIHL to conduct the
manufacturing activity under FTZ procedures, which could exempt the
company from customs duty payments on the imported components used in
export production. Approximately 40 percent of production is exported.
On domestic sales, the company could defer duty payment and choose the
lower duty rate (duty-free to 4.7 percent) that applies to the finished
products for the imported components used in manufacturing. STIHL may
also realize savings related to direct delivery and weekly customs
entry procedures. The company would also realize savings on the
elimination of duties on materials that become scrap/waste during
manufacturing. The application indicates that the FTZ-related savings
would improve the plant'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 December 15, 2008. Rebuttal comments in response to material
submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted during the
subsequent 15-day period (to December 29, 2008).
A copy of the application and accompanying exhibits will be
available at each of the following addresses: Virginia Port Authority,
600 World Trade Center, Norfolk, VA 23510; and, Office of the Executive
Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, Room 2111, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. For
further information contact Christopher Kemp at [email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: October 6, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-24327 Filed 10-10-08; 8:45 am]
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