[Federal Register: July 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 132)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 35-99]

Foreign-Trade Zone 38--Charleston, SC; Application for Foreign-
Trade Subzone Status, Fuji Photo Film, Inc. (Imaging and Information
Products) Greenwood, SC

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the South Carolina State Ports Authority, grantee of FTZ
38, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the manufacturing and
distribution facilities (imaging and information products) of Fuji
Photo Film, Inc. (Fuji), located in Greenwood, South Carolina. The
application was submitted pursuant to 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 June 28, 1999.
    Fuji's Greenwood, South Carolina complex (488 acres, 2.0 million
sq. ft.) is comprised of seven facilities: Facility 1 (350,000 sq.
ft.)--Distribution Center, located at 921 Highway 246 South; Facility 2
(120,000 sq. ft.)--Graphic Arts Film Finishing Facility, located at 201
Pucketts Ferry Road; Facility 3 (210,000 sq. ft.)--Pre-sensitized
Offset Printing Plate Manufacturing Facility, located at 211 Pucketts
Ferry Road; Facility 4 (300,000 sq. ft.)--Videotape and Computer Back-

up Tape Manufacturing Facility, located at 311 Pucketts Ferry Road;
Facility 5 (200,000 sq. ft.)--One-time-use Camera Manufacturing
Facility, located at 401 Pucketts Ferry Road; Facility 6 (500,000 sq.
ft.)--Color Photographic Paper and Color Negative Film Manufacturing
Facility, located at 401 Pucketts Ferry Road; and Facility 7 (250,000
sq. ft.)--35mm Film Finishing Factory, located at 123 Spray Shed Road.
    The facilities (1,250 employees) are used for the manufacture and
distribution of imaging and information products (graphic arts film;
pre-sensitized offset printing plates; blank videotapes and computer
back-up tape; one-time-use cameras; and color negative photographic
paper and film). Some of the components used in the manufacturing
process are purchased from abroad (ranging from 8 to 75 percent of
finished product value, depending on the product), with average U.S.
value added for the Greenwood facilities estimated at 60 to 70 percent
of the finished products' value. The foreign components which Fuji

proposes to import under subzone procedures include chemicals (e.g.,
titanium oxide; methanol; alkylphenonl; glycol ether; di-n-butyl
phthalate; tricarboxylated benzene; hydroxyalkyl benzoate;
phenylphosphonic acid; axon dye; basic blue dye; oil/water emulsion)
and other components (e.g., bulk photographic film; packaging
materials; one-time-use camera components) used in the production of
Fuji's imaging and information products (current duty rates on these
items range from duty-free to 13.2 percent).
    Zone procedures would exempt Fuji from Customs duty payments on
foreign components used in export production. On its domestic sales,
Fuji would be able to choose the lower duty rate that applies to the
finished products (duty-free to 6.5 percent) for the foreign inputs
noted above. Fuji would be able to avoid duty on foreign inputs which
become scrap/waste (savings on scrap/waste are estimated to comprise
less than 15 percent of overall anticipated subzone savings). FTZ
status may also make a site eligible for benefits provided under state/

local programs. The application indicates that the savings from zone
procedures would help improve the plant's international
competitiveness.
    In accordance with the Board's regulations, a member of the FTZ
Staff has been designated examiner to investigate the application and
report to the Board.
    Public comment on the application is invited from interested
parties. Submissions (original and three copies) shall be addressed to
the Board's Executive Secretary at the address below. The closing
period for their receipt is September 10, 1999. Rebuttal comments in
response to material submitted during the foregoing period may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period to September 27, 1999.
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center, Park Central
Office Park, Building 1, Suite 109, 555 N. Pleasantburg Drive,
Greenville, SC 29607

    Dated: June 30, 1999.
Dennis Puccinelli,
Acting Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-17641 Filed 7-9-99; 8:45 am]
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