[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 4661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01727]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-4-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 221--Mesa, Arizona; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Apple Inc./GT Advanced Technologies Inc.
(Components for Consumer Electronics), Mesa, Arizona
Apple Inc./GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (Apple/GT) submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its
facility in Mesa, Arizona. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on January 23, 2014.
A separate application for subzone designation at the Apple/GT
facility is being processed under Section 400.31 of the Board's
regulations (Doc. S-5-2014). Apple/GT requested authority to
manufacture intermediate components for consumer electronics for
export. 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 Apple/GT from customs
duty payments on the foreign status components listed below used in the
export production of sapphire material (duty rate 6.4%). Customs duties
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include white
alumina block, forged metal industrial heat-treating equipment and
diamond cutting wire (duty rate ranges from duty-free to 1.3%).
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 10, 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
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: January 23, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-01727 Filed 1-28-14; 8:45 am]
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