[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 179 (Friday, September 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 56809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22735]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-69-2012]


Foreign-Trade Zone 230--Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina; 
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Sonoco Corrflex 
(Kitting--Gift Sets), Rural Hall and Winston-Salem, NC

    The Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity on behalf of Sonoco 
Corrflex, located in Rural Hall and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on August 20, 
2012.
    The Sonoco Corrflex facilities are located within Sites 24-27 of 
FTZ 230. The facilities are used for the kitting of cosmetic and 
personal hygiene gift sets. Production under FTZ procedures could 
exempt Sonoco Corrflex from customs duty payments on the foreign status 
components used in export production. On its domestic sales, Sonoco 
Corrflex would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to cosmetic and personal hygiene gift sets (duty 
rate range: free-6.5%) for the foreign status inputs noted below. 
Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign 
status production equipment.
    Components and materials sourced from abroad include: Perfumes/
toilet waters, makeup preparations (lip, eye, rouge and powder), 
manicure/pedicure preparations, body lotion and moisturizers, skin 
toners and astringents, shampoos and conditioners, shaving/after-shave 
preparations, deodorants/anti-perspirants, bath salts, body wash/soaps, 
toners, cleaners, plastic travel containers, polymer bags, plastic 
packing, security tags, plastic lids/caps, bags and cases of textile 
materials (HTSUS 4202.22, 4202.32, 4202.92--such items included within 
certain categories will be admitted to FTZ 230 under domestic (duty-
paid) status (19 CFR 146.43), as described in the notification 
document), other bags/sacks, loofahs, tissue paper, paperboard/
corrugated wrappers and pads, pocket mirrors, glass bottles, imitation 
jewelry, sunglasses, stuffed toys, brushes, travel sets, combs, and 
makeup application pads (duty rate ranges from free to 8.1%; 2[cent] 
each + 7.0%).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address 
below. The closing period for their receipt is October 24, 2012.
    A copy of the notification will be available for public inspection 
at the Office of the Executive Secretary, Foreign-Trade Zones Board, 
Room 21013, 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: September 7, 2012.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-22735 Filed 9-13-12; 8:45 am]
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