DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket No. 10-84]
49 FR 10136
March 19, 1984
Foreign-Trade Zone 37, Orange County, New York; Application for Subzone, GM
Auto Plant, North Tarrytown, New York
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the board) by Orange County, New York, grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 37,
requesting special-purpose subzone status for General Motors Corporation's
(GM) automobile assembly plant in North Tarrytown, New York, adjacent to
the New York City Customs port of entry. 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 borad (15 CFR Part 400). It
was formally filed on March 7, 1984. The applicant is authorized to make
this proposal under Chapter 156, Session Laws of New York of 1975.
On May 4, 1978, the Board authorized the County to establish a foreign-
trade zone in the Orange County, New York area (Board Order 130, 43 FR
20526, 5/12/78). The project involves a site at Stewart Airport and one at
an industrial park.
The proposed subzone is located at GM's North Tarrytown plant, which
covers 96 acres at 199 Beckman Avenue. The facility, which employs some
2600 workers, produces Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, and Buick
Skylark model automobiles. Although most of the parts and material used
at the plant are produced domestically, about 5 percent of the components
are imported, including engines, seat covers, solenoids, wiring harness
assemblies and radios. Some 8.5 percent of the finished autos are exported.
Zone procedures will exempt GM from paying duties on foreign components
used on its exports. On its domestic sales the company will be able to defer
duty and to take advantage of the same duty rate available to importers of
finished autos. The estimated average duty rate on the foreign components
used by GM is 4.2 percent whereas the rate for finished autos is 2.7
percent. The reduction of Customs costs is part of GM's overall program to
modernize and reduce costs at its U.S. assembly plants, making them more
competitive with auto assembly facilities offshore.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has
been appointed to investigate the application and report to the Board. The
committee consists of: Dennis Puccinelli (Chairman), foreign-Trade Zones
Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230; John Martuge,
Area Director, U.S. Customs Service, New York Region, Room 423, 6 World
Trade Center, New York, New York, 10048; and Colonel F. H. Griffis,
District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District New York, 26 Federal Plaza,
New York, New York 10278.
Comments concerning the proposed subzone are invited in writing from
interested persons and organizations. They should be addressed to the
Board's Executive Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or
before April 16, 1984.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
Office of the County Executive,
Orange County Government Center,
255 Main Street,
Goshen, NY 10924
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1872,
14th and Pennsylvania, NW.,
Washington, D.C. 20230
Dated: March 13, 1984.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 84-7260 Filed 3-16-84; 8:45 am]
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