DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 41-90]
55 FR 46695
November 6, 1990
Foreign-Trade Zone 39; Dallas/Fort Worth, TX; Application for Subzone GM
Auto Assembly Plant, Arlington, TX
TEXT: An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board
(the Board) by the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board, grantee
of FTZ 39, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the automobile
assembly plant of General Motors Corporation (GM) located in Arlington,
Texas, adjacent to the Dallas/Fort Worth 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
Board (15 CFR part 400). It was formally filed on October 22, 1990.
The plant (248 acres) is located on Highway 360 at Abram Street in
Arlington, Texas, some 16 miles west of Dallas. The facility employs 4,500
persons and is used to produce full-size passenger automobiles. Some 2
percent of vehicle value consists of dutiable components, such as radios,
wire harnesses, instrument panel pads, and steering wheels. About 7
percent of the vehicles are exported.
Zone procedures would exempt GM from Customs duty payments on the foreign
components used in its exports. On domestic sales, the company would be able
to choose the duty rate on finished autos (2.5%) for the foreign-sourced
components (average duty rate 4.3%). The application indicates that the
savings would help reduce costs and improve the plant's international
competitiveness.
In accordance with the Board's regulations, an examiners committee has
been approved 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; Paul Rimmer,
Deputy Assistant Regional Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Southwest
Region, 5850 San Felipe Street, Houston, Texas 77057-3012; and Colonel
William D. Brown, District Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer District Fort
Worth, P.O. Box 17300, Fort Worth, Texas 76102-0300.
Comments concerning the proposed zone are invited in writing from
interested parties. They should be addressed to the Board's Executive
Secretary at the address below and postmarked on or before
December 21, 1990.
A copy of the application is available for public inspection at each of
the following locations:
U.S. Department of Commerce District Office,
Room 7A5, 1100 Commerce Street,
Dallas, TX 75242
Office of the Executive Secretary,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 4213,
Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: October 31, 1990.
John J. Da Ponte, Jr.,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 90-26187 Filed 11-5-90; 8:45 am]
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