[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50598-50599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20601]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-54-2015]
Notification of Proposed Production Activity, Mercedes-Benz U.S.
International, Inc., Subzone 98A, (Passenger Motor Vehicles), Vance,
Alabama
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (MBUSI), operator of Subzone
98A, submitted a notification of proposed production activity to the
FTZ Board for its facility in Vance, Alabama. The notification
conforming to the requirements of the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
CFR 400.22) was received on July 22, 2015.
MBUSI already has authority to produce multipurpose/sport utility
passenger motor vehicles. The current request would add a new finished
product (passenger vehicle bodies) and foreign-status materials and
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 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 MBUSI from customs
duty payments on the foreign status materials and components used in
export production. On its domestic sales, MBUSI would be able to choose
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the duty rate during customs entry procedures that applies to passenger
motor vehicles and related bodies (duty rate 2.5%) for the foreign
status materials and 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 and components sourced from abroad include: First-aid
kits; adhesives; putties; caulks; lubricating oils; cleaning agents/
polishing compounds; plastic protective sheets; paper shapes with
adhesive backing; felt shapes; tufted floor coverings; adhesive cotton
tape; steel tacks; aluminum fasteners (rivets, washers, nuts); wrenches
(lug, socket); iron/steel rivets; windshield washer assemblies and
related parts; electromechanical hydraulic units/appliances; power
supplies; magnets; engine heaters; block heaters; telematics/media/GPS
assemblies; microphone assemblies; speaker/amplifier assemblies; parts
of speakers and microphones; radio/television transmission apparatus;
cameras; radar devices; radio navigation equipment; radio remote
controls; video monitors; vehicle angle modules; control modules;
carrier plates; wheel speed sensors; radio interference filters; flat
panel displays; checking instruments; electrical instruments; and, felt
strips (HTSUS Subheading 5602.10) (duty rate ranges from free to 12%).
Inputs included in textile category 223 (classified within HTSUS
Subheading 5602.10) will be admitted to Subzone 98A under privileged
foreign status (19 CFR 146.41), thereby precluding inverted tariff
benefits on such items.
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 September 29,
2015.
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] or
(202) 482-1378.
Dated: August 6, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-20601 Filed 8-19-15; 8:45 am]
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