[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32532-32533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13083]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-42-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas, Notification of
Proposed Production Activity, Flextronics America, LLC, (Automated Data
Processing Machines), Austin, Texas
Flextronics America, LLC (Flextronics) submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its facility in
Austin, Texas within Subzone 183C. The notification conforming to the
requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.22) was
received on May 29, 2014.
Flextronics already has authority to produce automated data
processing machines within Subzone 183C. The current request would add
a finished product as well as foreign status materials/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/
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 Flextronics from
customs duty payments on the foreign status materials/components used
in export production. On its domestic sales,
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Flextronics would be able to choose the duty rates during customs entry
procedures that apply to exhaust subassemblies for automated data
processing machines (duty-free) for the foreign status materials/
components noted below and in the existing scope of authority. Customs
duties also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status
production equipment.
The materials/components sourced from abroad include: Supports;
gaskets; rubber rings; lock clamps; nuts; standoffs; pin connectors;
bushings; holders; backer and button switches; connector brackets;
housing gaskets; torsion bars; LP covers; spacers; transformers;
inductors; ferrite EMI filters; wireless Bluetooth[supreg] assemblies;
cover shielding; WiFi antenna assemblies; solid state drives;
resistors; flexible printed circuit boards; printed circuit connectors;
terminals; connectors; integrated circuits; repeaters; power cords; CPU
stiffener assemblies; filters; and, cables (duty rate ranges from duty-
free to 5.7%).
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 July 15, 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: June 2, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-13083 Filed 6-4-14; 8:45 am]
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