[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 22 (Friday, February 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7394-7395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02201]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-7-2013]


Notification of Proposed Production Activity; GE Appliances; 
Subzone 29C (Electric Water Heaters), Louisville, KY

    GE Appliances, operator of Subzone 29C, submitted a notification of 
proposed production activity for its facility in Louisville, Kentucky. 
The notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of 
the

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Foreign-Trade Zones Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January 7, 
2013.
    The subzone (``GE Appliance Park'') currently has authority to 
produce household appliances, including dishwashers, refrigerator-
freezers, freezers, apparel washing machines and dryers, electric 
ranges, and air-conditioners, under FTZ procedures using certain 
foreign components. The current request involves the production of 
electric water heaters. 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 GE Appliances from 
customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, GE Appliances would be able to 
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to 
electric hot water heaters (free) for the foreign status inputs noted 
below. Customs duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on 
foreign status production equipment.
    Components sourced from abroad include: Articles of rubber (e.g., 
containers, caps/lids, knobs, dampeners), fan motors, fans, filter/
dryers, expansion valves, accumulators, parts of electric water 
heaters, capacitors, sensors, switches, electronic controllers/panels/
consoles/boards, anodes, wiring harnesses, and thermistors (duty rate 
ranges from free to 4.7%).
    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 13, 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 25, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-02201 Filed 1-31-13; 8:45 am]
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