[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 4383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01190]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-2-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone 117--Orange, Texas; Notification of Proposed 
Production Activity; Signal International Texas GP, LLC (Shipbuilding), 
Orange, TX

    The Foreign Trade Zone of Southeast Texas, Inc., grantee of FTZ 
117, submitted a notification of proposed production activity on behalf 
of Signal International Texas GP, LLC (Signal), located in Orange, 
Texas. The notification conforming to the requirements of the 
regulations of the Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January 10, 
2013.
    The Signal facility is located at 91 Front Street, Orange (Orange 
County), Texas. A separate application for subzone status at the Signal 
facility was submitted and will be processed under Section 400.31 of 
the Board's regulations. The facility is used for the construction and 
repair of oceangoing vessels. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b) of the 
regulations, FTZ activity would be limited to the specific foreign-
status materials and components and specific finished products 
described in the submitted notification (as described below) and 
subsequently authorized by the FTZ Board.
    Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Signal from customs 
duty payments on foreign status components used in export production. 
On its domestic sales, Signal would be able to choose the duty rate 
during customs entry procedures that apply to oceangoing vessels (duty 
rate--free) 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: coatings/
resins, fittings, flanges, couplings, sleeves, anchors, wire, copper 
fittings, fasteners, aluminum rods/profiles/fittings, marine engines, 
boxes/crates/bins, handles, knobs, gaskets, tarpaulins, life jackets, 
insulation, plaster tiles, tableware, winches, ladders, hangers, pipes/
fittings of lead and tin, flexible tubing of base metals, boilers, 
steam turbines and related parts, diesel engines and related parts, 
non-aircraft gas turbines, hydro jet engines, pumps and related parts, 
compressors, turbochargers, refrigeration/cooling equipment, electric 
motors, generators, evaporative air coolers, derricks, other machinery, 
valves, filters, liquid purifiers, sprayers, electrical ballasts, 
transformers, bearings, acoustic baffles, heaters, transmission shafts, 
propellers, starters, radio/TV/radar equipment, signaling devices, 
electrical components and panels, wiring harnesses, lamps, cables, 
mirrors, sonar apparatus, optical instruments, micrometers and 
calipers, thermostats, chronometers, regulators, controllers, and 
search lights (duty rate ranges from free to 6.7%). The production 
activity under FTZ procedures would be subject to the ``standard 
shipyard restriction'' applicable to foreign origin steel mill products 
(e.g., angles, pipe, plate), which requires that all applicable duties 
be paid on such items.
    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 March 4, 2013.
    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: January 15, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-01190 Filed 1-18-13; 8:45 am]
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