[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 73242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-28592]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

(Docket T-5-2008)


Foreign-Trade Zone 122 - Corpus Christi, Texas Application for 
Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority Excalibar Minerals LLC 
(Barite Milling) Corpus Christi, Texas

    An application has been submitted to the Executive Secretary of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the Board) by the Port of Corpus Christi 
Authority, grantee of FTZ 122, requesting temporary/interim 
manufacturing (T/IM) authority on behalf of Excalibar Minerals LLC 
(Excalibar) at the company's barite milling facility within FTZ 122 in 
Corpus Christi, Texas. The application was filed on November 20, 2008.
    The Excalibar facility (14 employees) is located at 3202 E. 
Navigation Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas (within Site 1). Under T/
IM procedures, Excalibar would produce up to 175,000 tons of ground 
barite (HTSUS 2511.10.10) annually, primarily for the U.S. market. The 
foreign component that would be used in production (representing 
approximately 95 percent of total material inputs) is raw barite (HTSUS 
2511.10.50), dutiable at $1.25 per metric ton.
    FTZ procedures could exempt Excalibar from customs duty payments on 
the foreign component used in export production (less than 1 percent of 
shipments). On domestic sales, Excalibar would be able to choose the 
duty rate that applies to the finished product (duty-free) for the 
foreign input noted above that has a higher duty rate. The company may 
also realize certain logistical/procedural savings as well as savings 
on materials that become scrap/waste during manufacturing.
    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 January 2, 2009. For further information, contact 
Christopher Kemp at [email protected], or (202) 482-0862.
    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: November 20, 2008.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-28592 Filed 12-1-08; 8:45 am]
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