[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64167-64168]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25636]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-74-2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 283--Jackson, TN, Notification of
Proposed Production Activity, MAT Industries, LLC, (Air Compressors),
Jackson, TN
MAT Industries, LLC (MAT), an operator of FTZ 283, submitted a
notification of proposed production activity to the FTZ Board for its
facility located in Jackson, Tennessee within FTZ 283. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
CFR 400.22) was received on October 14, 2014.
The MAT facility is located within Site 11 of FTZ 283. The facility
is used for the production of air compressors and related tanks.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 400.14(b), FTZ authority would be limited to the
specific foreign-status 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 MAT from customs duty
payments on the foreign status components used in export production. On
its domestic sales, MAT would be able to choose the duty rate during
customs entry procedures that applies to air compressors and tanks
(free) for the foreign status components noted below. Customs duties
also could possibly be deferred or reduced on foreign status production
equipment.
The components sourced from abroad include: Rubber gaskets;
cardboard boxes; paper cards/manuals/labels; cloth bags; plastic tubes;
ceramic nozzles; cast iron fittings/washers; zinc
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connectors; brass nut sleeves; copper nuts; nickel fittings; aluminum
couplers; engines; air filters; spray guns; pressure switches; body/
check valves; regulators; bearing carriers; AC motors; capacitors;
thermal overload wire kits; power cords and accessories; pressure
gauges; stainless steel reducers/bushings/plugs/nipples; non-alloy
steel weld flanges; cast iron nipples/bushings/reducers/plugs; copper
washers/flywheels; brass fittings/reducers; compressor parts; barrel
screws; hydraulic assemblies; filter regulators and assemblies; valve
assemblies; relief valves; pulleys; flywheels; cylinder heads and
plates; steel bushings/valves; iron/steel assemblies; inflators; PVC
air hoses; plastic clamshells/handles/hubcaps/V-belts; rubber wheels;
sandblasters; carry tanks; nailers; air drills; grinding stone sets;
tool display bars; electrical pumps; pistons; impact sockets; chisel
sets; ball bearings; crankshafts; sanders; and, pneumatic needle
scalers (duty rate ranges from free to 6.5%).
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 December 8,
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: Pierre Duy at [email protected]
(202) 482-1378.
Dated: October 20, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-25636 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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