[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 52 (Friday, March 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 10726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6284]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[Docket 19-96]


Foreign-Trade Zone 46--Cincinnati, OH; Application for Subzone 
Status, Pioneer Industrial Components, Inc., Facilities, (Automotive 
Audio Products), Springboro, OH

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Greater Cincinnati Foreign Trade Zone, Inc., grantee 
of FTZ 46, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the automotive 
audio products manufacturing facilities of Pioneer Industrial 
Components, Inc. (PIC), located in Springboro, Ohio. 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 March 8, 1996.
    The proposed subzone would consist of PIC's two facilities in 
southwest Ohio: Site 1--manufacturing plant (120,000 sq.ft./40 acres)--
100 Pioneer Boulevard, Springboro (Warren County), Ohio, some 15 miles 
south of Dayton; and, Site 2--warehouse (12,800 sq.ft./6 acres)--315-
317 Pioneer Boulevard, Springboro, about 4 blocks south of Site 1. The 
facilities (305 employees) are used to produce automotive compact disc 
(CD) players, cassette/radios, CD/radios, CD/cassette/radios, AM/FM 
radios, and audio amplifiers for export and the domestic market. The 
production process involves assembly, testing, quality control, and 
packaging. At the outset, some 60 percent of the components would be 
purchased from abroad, including: Inductors/coils, transformers, 
capacitors, resistors, transistors, insulators, PC boards, light 
emitting diodes, fuses, diodes, liquid crystal displays, integrated 
circuits, switches, knobs/buttons, relays, connectors, fasteners, and 
other parts of radio/CD players (duty rate range: free--9.8%).
    Zone procedures would exempt PIC from Customs duty payments on the 
foreign components used in the export production (about 30% of total). 
On its domestic sales, the company would be able to choose the duty 
rates that apply to the finished automotive audio products (3.1-4.9%) 
for the foreign inputs noted above. The motor vehicle duty rate (2.5%) 
would apply to finished audio products that are shipped to U.S. motor 
vehicle assembly plants with subzone status for inclusion into finished 
motor vehicles under zone procedures. Zone procedures would also exempt 
certain merchandise from certain ad valorem inventory taxes. The 
application indicates that subzone status 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 May 14, 1996. Rebuttal comments in response 
to material submitted during the foregoing period may be submitted 
during the subsequent 15-day period May 29, 1996.
    A copy of the application and the accompanying exhibits will be 
available for public inspection at each of the following locations:

U.S. Department of Commerce, District Office, Room 9504, 550 Main 
Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Room 3716, 14th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230-0002.

    Dated: March 11, 1996.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6284 Filed 3-14-96; 8:45 am]
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