[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 202 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63533-63534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26635]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B-67-2015]
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 183--Austin, Texas; Notification of
Proposed Production Activity; Flextronics America, LLC (Automatic 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 October 9, 2015.
Flextronics already has authority to produce automatic data
processing machines within Subzone 183C. The current request would add
finished products and 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, Flextronics would be able
to choose the duty rates during customs entry procedures that apply to:
Video card subassemblies; CPU and video card connector subassemblies;
external power and USB port card subassemblies; main controller board
subassemblies; and, internal power supply subassemblies (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: Copper alloy
screws; and, lithium batteries (duty rate ranges from 3.0 to 3.4%).
Public comment is invited from interested parties. Submissions
shall be addressed to the Board's Executive Secretary at the address
below. The
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closing period for their receipt is November 30, 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
Board's Web site, which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whitman at
[email protected] or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: October 13, 2015.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-26635 Filed 10-19-15; 8:45 am]
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