[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 73824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29334]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[B-101-2013]


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

    The Piedmont Triad Partnership, grantee of FTZ 230, submitted a 
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board on behalf 
of Sonoco Display and Packaging for its facilities located in Rural 
Hall and Winston-Salem, North Carolina within FTZ 230. The notification 
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 
CFR 400.22) was received on November 19, 2013.
    Sonoco Display and Packaging already has authority to produce 
various cosmetic and personal hygiene gift sets within Sites 24--27 of 
FTZ 230. The current request would add deodorant/antiperspirant and 
body wash gift sets and certain foreign components to the scope of 
authority. Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), additional FTZ authority 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 Sonoco Display and 
Packaging from customs duty payments on the foreign status components 
used in export production. On its domestic sales, Sonoco Display and 
Packaging would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry 
procedures that apply to deodorant/antiperspirant and body wash gift 
sets (free, 4.9%) for the foreign status inputs noted below and in the 
existing scope of authority. Customs duties also could possibly be 
deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
    The components sourced from abroad include: plastic boxes and 
cases; train cases, vanity cases, component bags, wallets, various 
hand-held bags, and handbags and clutches of textile materials (HTSUS 
Subheadings 4202.12, 4202.22, 4202.29, 4202.32, 4202.92, and 4202.99); 
component bags of plaited natural materials; set boxes; glass trays; 
plush items (e.g., stuffed toys, animals); eyelash curlers; and, 
perfume pursers (duty rate ranges from free to 20%). Inputs included in 
certain textile categories (classified within HTSUS Subheadings 
4202.12, 4202.22, 4202.32, and 4202.92) will be admitted to the zone 
under domestic (duty-paid) status or privileged foreign status (19 CFR 
146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff benefits on such items.
    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 January 21, 
2014.
    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] 
(202) 482-1378.

    Dated: December 2, 2013.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-29334 Filed 12-6-13; 8:45 am]
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