[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4343-4344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1622]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 3-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 22--Chicago, IL; Application for Manufacturing 
Authority; LG Electronics MobileComm USA, Inc. (Cell Phone Kitting and 
Distribution); Bolingbrook, IL

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Illinois International Port District, grantee of FTZ 
22, requesting manufacturing authority on behalf of LG Electronics 
MobileComm USA, Inc. (LGEMU), located in Bolingbrook, Illinois. 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 January 14, 2010.
    The LGEMU facility (20 employees, 17 acres, 38.9 million unit 
capacity) is located within Site 12 of FTZ 22. The facility is used for 
the cell phone kitting and distribution. Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing 90-95% of the value of the finished 
product) include: Cell phone batteries; cell phone chargers and 
adaptors; headphones; earphones; microphones; battery doors; cables; 
film packing materials; poly bags; blister packaging; master cartons; 
gift boxes; labels; bound instruction manuals; CD-ROM user guides; blue 
tooth units; paper inner trays; holsters; corrugated paper; and vinyl 
protective packaging sheets (duty rate ranges from duty free to 5.8%).
    Under FTZ procedures, LGEMU would be able to choose the duty rates 
during customs entry procedures that apply to cell phone mobile 
handsets (duty free) for the foreign inputs noted above for its 
shipments to the U.S. market. LGEMU could also realize logistical 
benefits through the use of weekly customs entry procedures. Customs 
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status 
production equipment. The request indicates that the savings from FTZ 
procedures would help improve the plant's international 
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, Maureen Hinman of the

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FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and 
information presented in the application and case record and to report 
findings and recommendations 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 
March 29, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to April 12, 2010.
    A copy of the application will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 2111, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230-0002, and in the ``Reading Room'' section of the 
Board's Web site, which is accessible via http://www.trade.gov/ftz.
    For further information, contact Maureen Hinman at 
[email protected] or (202) 482-0627.

    Dated: January 14, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-1622 Filed 1-26-10; 8:45 am]
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