[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06584]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-25-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 90--Onondaga County, New York;
Notification of Proposed Production Activity; PPC Broadband, Inc.
(Coaxial Cable Connectors); Dewitt, New York
The Onondaga County Office of Economic Development, grantee of FTZ
90, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ
Board on behalf of PPC Broadband, Inc. (PPC Broadband), located in
Dewitt, New York. The notification conforming to the requirements of
the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was received on March
10, 2014.
A separate application for subzone designation at the PPC Broadband
facilities is being submitted and will be processed under Section
400.38 of the FTZ Board's regulations. The facilities are used for the
production of coaxial cable connectors. 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 PPC Broadband from
customs duty payments on the foreign-status components used in export
production. On its domestic sales, PPC Broadband would be able to
choose the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to
coaxial cable connectors (duty free) 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: connector
posts, connector bodies, connector nuts, molded plastic connector
parts, silicone o-rings, and rubber o-rings (duty rates are 2.5% or
3.5%).
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 May 5, 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: Diane Finver at [email protected]
or (202) 482-1367.
Dated: March 14, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-06584 Filed 3-24-14; 8:45 am]
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