[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 25699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10410]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-39-2013]


Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 265--Conroe, Texas; Notification of 
Proposed Production Activity; Bauer Manufacturing Inc.; (Foundation 
Casings and Tools/Accessories for Pile Drivers and Boring Machinery); 
Conroe, Texas

    The City of Conroe, Texas, grantee of FTZ 265, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Bauer Manufacturing Inc. (Bauer), located in Conroe, Texas. The 
notification conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the 
FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on April 18, 2013.
    The Bauer facility is located within Site 1 of FTZ 265. The 
facility is used for the production of foundation casings and tools and 
accessories for pile drivers and boring machinery. Pursuant to 15 CFR 
400.14(b), 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 Bauer from customs 
duty payments on the foreign status components used in export 
production. On its domestic sales, Bauer would be able to choose the 
duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to foundation 
casings and tools and accessories for pile drivers and boring machinery 
(free, 2.9%, 5.0%) 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: plastic 
tubes/pipes/hoses, articles of rubber (joining bands, plates, sheets, 
strips, bands), paper sheets/dials/rolls, articles of steel (shapes; U, 
H and I beams; sections; sheets; fittings), and air compressors/pumps 
(duty rates range from free to 5.0%). The request indicates that all 
foreign steel products subject to an antidumping/countervailing duty 
(AD/CVD) order will be admitted to the zone in domestic (duty-paid) 
status (19 CFR Sec.  146.43).
    Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions 
shall be addressed to the FTZ Board's Executive Secretary at the 
address below. The closing period for their receipt is June 11, 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 
FTZ 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: April 25, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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