[Federal Register: December
27, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 249)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF
COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
[Docket 62-2002]
Foreign-Trade Zone 72--Indianapolis, IN, Application for
Subzone,
Decatur Mold, Tool and Engineering, Inc. (Plastic Injection
Molds);
North Vernon, IN
An
application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones
Board
(the Board) by the Indianapolis Airport Authority, grantee of FTZ
72,
requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing
and
warehousing facilities of Decatur Mold, Tool and Engineering,
Inc.
(Decatur Mold), located in North Vernon, Indiana. 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 December 17, 2002.
The Decatur Mold facility is comprised of two
sites with 150
employees in Jennings County, Indiana: Site 1 (20 acres)--located
at
3330 and 3430 North State Highway 7, North Vernon; and Site 2
(78
acres)--located at Rural Route 5/E County Road 175N, North Vernon.
The
facilities are used for the manufacturing, storage and distribution
of
plastic injection molds (HTS, 8477 and 8480, duty rate 3.1%)
and
components. Components and materials sourced from abroad
(representing
5% of all parts used in
manufacturing) include: metal stamp dies,
thermolators, plastic material dryers, electronic weighing scales,
belt
type conveyors, robots--calendaring, color feeders, pins,
sleeves,
heaters, material grinders, hot stamps, parts for robots, mold
bases,
sonic welders, and hot tip controls (HTS 8207, 8418, 8419, 8423,
8428,
8477, 8479, 8480, 8515, and 9032 duty rate ranges from duty free
to
5.7%).
FTZ procedures would exempt Decatur Mold from
Customs duty payments
on the foreign components used in export production. Some 30
percent of
the plant's shipments are exported. On its domestic sales, Decatur
Mold
would be able to choose the duty rates during Customs entry
procedures
that apply to finished molds (3.1%) 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, a
member of the FTZ
staff has been appointed 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 one of the following addresses:
1. Submissions Via Express/Package Delivery
Services: Foreign-
Trade-Zones Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin
Court
Building, Suite 4100W, 1099 14th St. NW., Washington, DC 20005;
or
2. Submissions Via the U.S. Postal Service:
Foreign-Trade-Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce, FCB, Suite 4100W, 1401
Constitution
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20230.
The closing period for their receipt is February
25, 2003. Rebuttal
comments in response to material submitted during the foregoing
period
may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period (to March
12,
2003).
A copy of the application and accompanying
exhibits will be
available for public inspection at the Office of the
Foreign-Trade-
Zones Board's Executive Secretary at the first address listed
above,
and at the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance
Center,
Penwood One, Suite 106, 11405
North Pennsylvania Street, Carmel, IN
46032.
Dated:
December 19, 2002.
Pierre Duy,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-32730 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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