[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-7072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 21-2010]


Foreign-Trade Zone 272--Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Application 
for Subzone Grundfos Pumps Manufacturing Corporation (Multi-Stage 
Centrifugal Pumps); Allentown, PA

    An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board 
(the Board) by the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, 
grantee of FTZ 272, requesting special-purpose subzone status for the 
multi-stage centrifugal pump manufacturing facility of Grundfos Pumps 
Manufacturing Corporation (Grundfos), located in Allentown, 
Pennsylvania. 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 24, 2010.
    The Grundfos facility (15 employees, 7.4 acres, capacity--20,000 
pumps annually) is located at 2200 Hangar Place, Allentown, 
Pennsylvania. The facility is used for the manufacture and assembly of 
multi-stage centrifugal pumps used in commercial, residential, heating/
ventilation, and waste water applications. Components and materials 
sourced from abroad (representing 65% of the value of the finished 
pumps) include: Pump parts, electric motors, plastic closures and o-
rings, rubber o-rings and gaskets, labels, pipe fittings, fasteners, 
motor couplings, and paper gaskets (duty rates range from free to 8.5 
percent).
    FTZ procedures could exempt Grundfos from customs duty payments on 
the foreign components used in export production. The company 
anticipates that some 20 percent of the plant's shipments will be 
exported. On its domestic sales, Grundfos would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to finished 
centrifugal pumps (duty free) for the foreign inputs noted above. FTZ 
designation would further allow Grundfos to realize logistical benefits 
through the use of weekly customs entry procedures. 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, Pierre Duy 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 
June 1, 2010. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted 
during the foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-
day period to June 14, 2010.
    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 www.trade.gov/ftz. For 
further information, contact Pierre Duy at [email protected] or 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: March 24, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-7072 Filed 3-29-10; 8:45 am]
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