[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.
[FR Doc. 2013-10410 Filed 5-1-13; 8:45 am]
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