[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6146-6147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02232]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-07-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 269--Athens, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Schneider Electric USA (Electrical
Component Assembly); Athens, Texas
Schneider Electric USA submitted a notification of proposed
production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in Athens, Texas
within FTZ 269. The notification conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on January
15, 2014.
The Schneider Electric USA (Schneider Electric) facility is located
within Site 1 of FTZ 269. The facility is used for the assembly and
kitting of electrical components and finished products used to control
lighting and HVAC equipment. 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.
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Production under FTZ procedures could exempt Schneider Electric
from customs duty payments on the foreign status components used in
export production. On its domestic sales, Schneider Electric would be
able to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that
apply to: Power supplies; bus couplers; dimmers; bus coupler boxes and
box enclosures; button key inputs; occupancy sensors; dual and single
120-volt bus couplers; dual and single 277-volt bus couplers; 120-volt
and 277-volt device routers; power supplies; power supply controllers;
button labels; and, switch covers (duty rate ranges from free to 5.3%)
for the foreign status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could
possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment.
The components and materials sourced from abroad include: touch
screen wall plates; filler plates; nail brackets; plasterboard
brackets; wall plates; touch screen wall boxes; bar code readers;
ethernet interfaces; network bridges; PC interfaces; USB PC interfaces;
power supplies; remote control power supplies; C-BUS controllers;
telephone interfaces; RF remotes; RF USB PB interfaces; wireless
gateways; in-ceiling Kevlar speakers; in-wall Kevlar speakers; AMP
external power supplies; audio amplifiers; audio matrix switchers;
audio distribution units; in-ceiling polypropylene speakers; in-wall
polypropylene speakers; outdoor speakers; license keys for networks;
hand-held infrared remotes; four-channel relays with and without
remotes; C-BUS-wired demo cases; desktop targets; dual and single IR
leads; IR flat targets; keypads; occupancy sensor sample cases; pascal
automation controllers; faceplates; dimmers and wireless dimmers;
channel relays without power supplies; two-channel bus couplers; two-
channel gateways; two-channel C-BUS infrared transmitters; four-channel
0-10 volt outputs; four-channel auxiliary input modules; four-channel
changeover relays with and without power supplies; four-zone
thermostats with relays; single-zone thermostats; low-voltage relays;
bus coupler demo cases; dimmer training boards; hand-held universal
remote controls; infrared code learning units; touch screens; network
training boards; relay training boards; controller power supplies;
programmable and single-zone thermostats; wireless training boards; bus
coupler enclosures, boxes and covers; rocker switch assemblies; demo
cases; termination boxes for dimmers; indoor light-level sensors;
occupancy sensors; USB programming cables; network analyzers; and, C-
BUS remote temperature sensors (duty rate ranges from free to 5.3%).
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 17, 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: Christopher Kemp at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0862.
Dated: January 28, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02232 Filed 1-31-14; 8:45 am]
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