DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 24-88]
53 FR 25647
July 8, 1988
Foreign-Trade Zone 100 -- Dayton, OH; Application for Subzones; General
Motors Corp., Electric Motors and Auto Parts Plants, Dayton and Kettering, OH
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board (the
Board) by the Greater Dayton Foreign-Trade Zone, Inc., grantee of FTZ 100, on
behalf of General Motors Corporation, Delco Products Division (GM),
requesting special-purpose subzone status for GM's electric motors plant in
Dayton, Ohio, and its auto parts plant in Kettering, 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 June 28, 1988.
The Dayton plant (28 acres) is located at 1619 Kuntz Road. The facility
employs 300 persons and is used to produce electric motors for industrial
uses. Some 10 percent of the components are dutiable, including velocity
controls, armatures, transformers, discharge units, connectors, clamps and
bearings. The plant is also used as a distribution facility for imported AC
servo motor systems.
The Kettering plant (288 acres) is located at 2000 Forrer Boulevard. The
facility employs 4,000 persons and is used to produce shock absorbers, wiper
systems, cooling motors, electronic suspension system levelling controls,
and antenna actuators. Some 6 percent of the components used at the plant
are dutiable, including circuit boards, shock absorber struts and piston
arms, shock absorber parts, magnesuim housings, armature assemblies, relays
and fasteners.
Zone procedures would exempt GM from Customs duties on the foreign
components used in the manufacture of products that are exported. On the
motors produced at the Dayton plant and sold in the United States, GM would
be able to elect the rate applicable to complete motors. The duty rates on
parts for motors range from 2.9 to 11.0 percent, whereas the rates on
complete motors range from 0 to 4.2 percent. On the auto components that are
produced at the Kettering plant and shipped to U.S. auto assembly subzones,
the company would be able to elect the finished product duty rate applicable
to passenger automobiles. The duty rates on subcomponents and material used
at the plant range from 3.0 to 5.0 percent, whereas the rate on autos is 2.5
percent. GM indicates that the savings will help improve the company's
international competitiveness in both product areas.
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, DC 20230; John F. Nelson,
Distric Director, U.S. Customs Service, North Central Region, 6th Floor,
Plaza Nine Building, 55 Erieview Plaza, Cleveland, Ohio 44114; and Colonel
Robert L. Oliver, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Louisville,
P.O. Box 59, Louisville Kentucky 40201-0059.
Comments concerning the proposed subzone are invited in writing from
interested parties. They shall be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or before August 16, 1988.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
Office of the Port Director,
U.S. Customs Service,
Dayton International Airport,
International Arrivals Area,
Vandalia, Ohio 45377
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 1529,
14th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: July 1, 1988.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 88-15384 Filed 7-7-88; 8:45 am]
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