[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 1599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-398]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 4-2011]
Foreign-Trade Zone 203--Moses Lake, Washington; Application for
Manufacturing Authority, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, LLC, (Carbon
Fiber Manufacturing), Moses Lake, WA
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Port of Moses Lake Public Corporation, grantee of
FTZ 203, requesting export-only manufacturing authority on behalf of
SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, LLC (SGL Automotive), located in Moses
Lake, Washington. 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), specifically
Section 400.32(b)(1). It was formally filed on January 4, 2011.
The SGL Automotive facility (12 employees initially and up to 250
employees at full production; 60 acres) is located within Site 3 of FTZ
203. This new facility will be used for the manufacture of carbon
fiber, all of which will be exported for the exclusive use of BMW Group
in its new electric car production. This application requests authority
to allow SGL Automotive to conduct manufacturing of carbon fiber (1,500
metric tons at the outset and up to 15,000 metric tons at full
capacity) under FTZ procedures for export. Foreign-origin
polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber (HTSUS 5501.30, duty rate: 7.5%) will be
used as the primary production input, which represents some 45 percent
of finished product value.
FTZ procedures could exempt SGL Automotive from customs duty
payments on the PAN fiber used in export production (100 percent of
shipments). FTZ designation could further allow SGL Automotive to
realize certain customs-related logistical benefits. 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, Diane Finver of the 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
February 10, 2011. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to February 25, 2011.
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 Diane Finver at
[email protected] or (202) 482-1367.
Dated: January 4, 2011.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-398 Filed 1-10-11; 8:45 am]
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