[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 49986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20385]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-53-2015]
Application for Additional Production Authority; The Coleman
Company, Inc.; Subzone 119I; (Textile-Based Personal Flotation Devices)
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota
An application has been submitted to the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ)
Board by The Coleman Company, Inc. (Coleman), operator of Subzone 119I,
requesting additional production authority for its facility located in
Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The application conforming to the requirements
of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR 400.23) was docketed on
August 12, 2015.
The Coleman facility (252 employees) is located at 1100 Stearns
Drive, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. The facility is used for the production
of personal flotation devices and cushions constructed with textile
fabrics. Coleman requested FTZ production authority in a notification
proceeding (15 CFR 400.22) in 2014 (see 79 FR 18509-18510, 4-2-2014;
Doc. B-31-2014). After an initial review, the requested production
authority was approved subject to a restriction that precludes inverted
tariff benefits on foreign textile fabrics and cases/bags of textile
materials used in production of personal flotation devices and cushions
for U.S. consumption.
The pending application seeks to remove the above-mentioned
restriction and to add several new components to Coleman's scope of
authority by requesting authority for Coleman to choose the duty rate
during customs entry procedures that applies to personal flotation
devices (4.5%, 7.0%) and flotation cushions (6.0%) for the foreign
status inputs noted below. Customs duties also could possibly be
deferred or reduced on foreign status production equipment. The request
indicates that the savings from FTZ procedures would help improve the
plant's international competitiveness.
Components and materials sourced from abroad (representing 16% of
the value of the finished products) include: Water soluble sensing
elements; plastic carry bags; nylon and polyester woven fabrics;
webbing of man-made fibers; neoprene fabrics; and, knit polyester
fleece fabrics (duty rate ranges from 5 to 20%).
In accordance with the FTZ Board's regulations, Pierre Duy of the
FTZ Staff is designated examiner to evaluate and analyze the facts and
information presented in the application and case record and to report
findings and recommendations to the FTZ Board.
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 October 19,
2015. Rebuttal comments in response to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted during the subsequent 15-day period
to November 2, 2015.
A copy of the application 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: August 12, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20385 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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