[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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